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Title
Construction of walls for large water reservoir, Mount Wilson
Date Created and/or Issued
1911-07
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Construction of walls for large water reservoir, Mount Wilson. Three unidentified construction workers work near the perimeter of the reservoir, pouring concrete from a wheelbarrow into the wood and wire forms. The formwork for the reservoir walls are seen in teh circular shape of the reservoir. Trees are in the surrounding area.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type
image
Format
image/tiff
Extent
1 4X5 B/W print
Identifier
COPC 892
28889
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1446
Subject
Concrete construction
Concrete construction--Formwork
Concrete
Construction workers--United States
Wheelbarrows
Lumber
Wire
Reservoirs
Walls
Trees
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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