Derrick boat "Doughboy" removing intake pipe, Detroit water supply system
Description:
View of derrick boat "Doughboy" removing intake pipe, Detroit water supply system. Printed on front: "11-13-34." Stamped on back: "Manning Bros., commercial photographers. 504-505 Lincoln Building. Corner State and Park Sts., Detroit, Mich." Typed on back: "No. 3 intake removed November 1934, contract RC-27, was constructed in 1890. General view showing derrick boat "Doughboy" of the Candler Dock and Dredge Company engaged in removal of intake pipe. Four lengths of pipe may be seen on the flatscow at left of derrick, and a fifth length is just breaking the water surface, as it is being hoisted out by the derrick November 13, 1934."
