Crane placing earth dikes to enclose fill area, Detroit water supply system
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Description
View of a crane placing earth dikes to enclose fill area 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. 12. Date: 3-31-30. Photo by Manning Brothers." Stamped on back: "Manning Bros., commercial photographers. 504-505 Lincoln Building. Corner State and Park Sts., Detroit, Mich." Typed on back: "Placing earth dikes enclosing fill area for proposed bathing beach south of back channel. Area to be filled by hydraulic dredging from intake lagoon. View looking down stream."
Details
- Creator:
- Manning Brothers
- Resource ID:
- bh015561
- Subject:
- Dikes (Engineering)--Michigan--Detroit
- Fills (Earthwork)--Michigan--Detroit
- Cranes, derricks, etc.--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Department of Water Supply
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1930-03-31
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 7.5 x 9.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit Archives. Water Board. Bureau of River Tunnels. Intake system, 1 of 3, 1:1
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.