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Title
Concrete mixer for construction of a water reservoir, Mount Wilson
Date Created and/or Issued
1911-07
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Concrete mixer for construction of a water reservoir, Mount Wilson. Four unidentified construction workers are posed around the concrete mixer and surrounding construction equipment. Wooden scaffolding and platforms have been built around the mixer. The reservoir construction site is just out of frame, to the left. Trees and shrubs are in the background.
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 891
28888
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1445
Subject
Concrete mixers
Concrete construction
Concrete
Construction workers--United States
Scaffolding
Platforms
Reservoirs
Construction equipment
Trees
Shrubs
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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