Dredge "New Jersey" excavating in intake lagoon, Detroit water supply system
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Description
View of the Dredge "New Jersey" excavating in intake lagoon for the Detroit water supply system. Two workers on length of pipe in foreground. Sign on boat reads: "Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co." 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. 19. Date: 5-26-30. Photo by Manning Brothers." Typed on back: "Dredge New Jersey exacavating in intake lagoon and placing material in fill area south of back channel and inlet to second bridge at head of Belle Isle."
Details
- Creator:
- Manning Brothers
- Resource ID:
- bh015568
- Subject:
- Dredges--Michigan--Detroit
- Water-pipes--Michigan--Detroit
- Intakes (Hydraulic engineering)--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Department of Water Supply
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1930-05-26
- 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.