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  1. Transporting Pipes to Ditch near Belmont Calaveras Line, late 19th century - Album, Photograph

    Transporting Pipes to Ditch near Belmont Calaveras Line, late 19th century. Sepia photograph shows a wooden barge on San Francisco Bay or a connected waterway. Barge has a low white building near its bow and a smaller structure at its stern; "PORT COSTA" is written on the smaller structure. Two workers stand at the stern and one stands at the bow. The barge is loaded with lengths of metal pipe, lying horizontally. In the foreground, on land, is a...

    Record Type: Photo

    Transporting Pipes to Ditch near Belmont Calaveras Line, late 19th century
  2. Untitled [photograph of a barge laying pipes], 1887 - Album, Photograph

    Untitled photograph of a barge laying pipes, 1887. Sepia-toned photograph shows a barge floating on the waters of the San Francisco Bay, trailing a line of submarine pipes on wooden rafts behind it. Barge is flat-bottomed with several poles and triangular structures rising up from it. It is in the background of the photo. The line of pipes trails behind it to the photo's right edge, then turns around and trails closer to the camera and across to ...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled photograph of a barge laying pipes
  3. Untitled photograph of barge laying pipes, 1887 - Album, Photograph

    Untitled photograph of barge laying pipes, 1887. Sepia-toned photograph shows a barge floating on the waters of the San Francisco Bay, trailing a line of submarine pipes on wooden rafts behind it. Barge is flat-bottomed with several poles and triangular structures rising up from it. It is in the background of the photo. The line of pipes trails behind it toward the photo's bottom left corner, where they pass under a rectangular framework of wood....

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled photograph of barge laying pipes

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