Screen chamber caisson showing third lift, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system
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Description
View of screen chamber caisson showing third lift, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system. Workers in foreground. Printed on front: "City of Detroit. Department of Water Supply. Land tunnel and structures. Contract RC 12. Dravo Contracting Co., contractors. Photo no. 48. Date: 11-3-30. Photo by Manning Brothers." Typed on back: "Screen chamber caisson showing the third lift after being stripped. Corbels are for support of the steel girders supporting superstructure."
Details
- Creator:
- Manning Brothers
- Resource ID:
- bh016425
- Subject:
- Water--Purification--Screening--Michigan--Detroit
- Tunnels--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Caissons
- Construction workers--Michigan--Detroit
- Waterworks--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Department of Water Supply
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1930-11-03
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 7.5 x 9.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit Archives. Water Board. Waterworks Park. Land tunnel and structures, 2 of 5, 7:2
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.