Dredge excavating back channel and crane depositing rock on dike, intake lagoon, Detroit water supply system
Description:
View of the dredge from Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Co. excavating back channel and a crane depositing rock on dike at the intake lagoon for the Detroit water supply system. Printed on front: "City of Detroit. Department of Water Supply. Intake system for additional supply. Intake lagoon. Contract RC-9. Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Co., contractors. Photo no. 40. Date: 9-8-30. Photo by Manning Brothers." Typed on back: "Placing rock from river tunnel in south dike of lagoon; dredge excavating back channel and placing the earth in south dike."
