Connection chamber, auxiliary low lift plant, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system
Description:
View of connection chamber during construction, auxiliary low lift plant, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system. Printed on front: "City of Detroit. Department of Water Supply. Auxiliary low lift plant. Photo no. 21. Date: 9-8-30. Photo by Manning Bros." Stamped on back: "Manning Bros., commercial photographers. 504-505 Lincoln Building. Corner State and Park Sts., Detroit, Mich." Typed on back: "Connection chamber: cutting openings in south wall of reservoir no. 1 for delivering raw water through the reservoir in an emergency. Timber bulkheads placed over a year and a half ago keep out water while cutting. Bulkheads to be removed later. Note pipe struts bracing reservoir wall against wall of connection chamber."
