Workers constructing pump pits for pumps no. 10 and no. 11, pumping station no. 2, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system

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Description

View of workers constructing pump pits for pumps no. 10 and no. 11, pumping station no. 2, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system. Printed on front: "City of Detroit. Dept. of Water Supply. Contract no. WW-8. Alterations to pumping station no. 2 for high lift pumps nos. 9, 10, 11 and 12. Water Works Park Station. Contractor: Ray D. Baker contractor, Inc. No. 6. Date: 1-4-60. Photo by Palmer Werner." Typed on back: "Setting forms and reinforcing steel in bottom slab of suction pits for pumps no. 10 and no. 11."

Details

Creator:: Werner, Palmer
Resource ID:: bh016664
Subject:: Pumping stations--Michigan--Detroit; Construction workers--Michigan--Detroit; Waterworks--Michigan--Detroit; Detroit (Mich.). Department of Water Supply; Photographers--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1960-01-04
Format:: 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 7.5 x 9 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Location:: MS/Detroit Archives. Water Board. Waterworks Park Station. Miscellaneous no. 3, 2 of 3, 8:5
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.