Workers in tunnel, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system
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Description
View of workers in tunnel, Waterworks Park, Detroit water supply system. Printed on front: "City of Detroit. Dept. of Water Supply. Contract no. WW-26. Miscellaneous structures. Water Works Park Station. Contractor: Miller-Thompsen Constr. Co., Inc. Photo by: Win Brunner. No. 8. Date: 1-30-62." Typed on back: "View looking south in east 8' diameter tunnel showing ribs and lagging in place. Also shown in background is steel sheet piling left in place from construction of reservoir no. 2. A second row of piling was discovered beyond these, and both rows were removed to clear the tunnel."
Details
- Creator:
- Brunner, Win
- Resource ID:
- bh016756
- Subject:
- Tunnels--Michigan--Detroit
- African American construction workers--Michigan--Detroit
- Waterworks--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Department of Water Supply
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1962-01-30
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 7.5 x 9.75 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit Archives. Water Board. Waterworks Park Station. Miscellaneous no. 5, 1 of 4, 9:1
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.