Derrick placing rock on north dike, intake lagoon, Detroit water supply system
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Description
View of crane from Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Co. placing rock on north dike at 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. 29. Date: 8-4-30. Photo by Manning Brothers." Typed on back: "Placing rock in north dike of lagoon. Derrick at right driving steel sheet piling for cells at entrance to lagoon."
Details
- Creator:
- Manning Brothers
- Resource ID:
- bh015578
- Subject:
- Cranes, derricks, etc.--Michigan--Detroit
- Dikes (Engineering)--Michigan--Detroit
- Intakes (Hydraulic engineering)--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Department of Water Supply
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1930-08-04
- 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, 2 of 3, 1:2
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.