Workers removing first wale of screen chamber, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system

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Workers removing first wale of screen chamber, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system
Description:
View of construction workers removing first wale of screen chamber, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system. Printed on front: "City of Detroit. Department of Water Supply. Land tunnel and structures. Contract RC 12. Dravo Contracting Co., contractors. Photo no. 73. Date: 2-23-31. Photo by Manning Brothers." Typed on back: "Screen chamber and quarter bend. Removing top wale which supported excavation for quarter bend; wale is partly imbedded in quarter bend concrete."
Details
Resource ID:
bh016450
Creator:
Manning Brothers
Subject:
Water--Purification--Screening--Michigan--Detroit
Tunnels--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
Construction workers--Michigan--Detroit
Waterworks--Michigan--Detroit
Detroit (Mich.). Department of Water Supply
Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1931-02-23
Format:
1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 7.5 x 9.5 in.
Member of:
Burton Historical Collection
Filing Location:
MS/Detroit Archives. Water Board. Waterworks Park. Land tunnel and structures, 3 of 5, 7:3
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.