Piling on Hammond-Standish line, foundation excavation, Hotel Pontchartrain under construction

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Description

View of piling on Hammond-Standish line during foundation excavation for the Hotel Pontchartrain. Workers on site. "Russell House, Detroit, Mich. W.C.K. & Co., date 8-15-06" sign in foreground. Typed on front: "Hotel Pontchartrain showing piles on the Hammond-Standish line, August 15, 1906."

Details

Resource ID:: bh029437
Subject:: Hotels--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction; Foundations--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction; Piling (Civil engineering); Construction workers--Michigan--Detroit; Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company; Photographic prints
Date:: 1906-08-15
Format:: 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 7.25 x 9.5 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Location:: D/Hotels-Pontchartrain-Construction
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.