Workers bailing water from casings, pouring concrete and driving pile casings, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system
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Description
View of workers bailing water from casings, pouring concrete and driving pile casings at Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system. Crane in background. Sign on pile driver reads: "Raymond Concrete Pile Company." Printed on front: "City of Detroit. Dept. of Water Supply. Contract no. WW-3. Switch house and boiler room. Water Works Park Station. Contractor: Smith and Andrews Construction Co. No. 5. Date: 2-2-59. Photo by Winn Brunner." Typed on back: "No. 5. View looking northeast from southwest corner of site showing three operations in progress: bailing water from casings (left), pouring concrete (center), and driving pile casings (right)."
Details
- Creator:
- Brunner, Win
- Resource ID:
- bh016597
- Subject:
- Pile drivers
- Piling (Civil engineering)
- Concrete construction--Michigan--Detroit
- Construction workers--Michigan--Detroit
- Waterworks--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Department of Water Supply
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1959-02-02
- 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 Station. Miscellaneous no. 2, 1 of 3, 8:1
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.