Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
General View of Construction of Crystal Springs Dam, 1888 |
Object Name |
Album, Photograph |
Description |
General View of Construction of Crystal Springs Dam, 1888. Sepia photograph shows the construction of the Crystal Springs Dam looking down on the work site from an elevated view across a gorge. Trestlework fills the image with several walkways at center and a higher trestle on the left-hand side. Multiple workers are visible on the walkways moving small wheelbarrows and many can be seen clustered at the base of the trestle on the left. The number "64" appears right of center at bottom, and the caption, "GENERAL VIEW OF CONSTRUCTION OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS DAM 1888" is handwritten above the photograph in pink ink. |
Date |
1888 |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Processing Method |
Black and White |
Catalog Number |
1990.040.032 |
Dimension Details |
11" x 16" x 3" - dimensions of album; photographs various sizes |
Collection |
l Archival Collection |
Place |
Unincorporated San Mateo County |
Provenance |
Album has ink stamp from the Risdon Iron Works at the corner of Beale and Howard Streets in San Francisco. Album later owned by Edwin A. and Catherine Ruhl of San Mateo who donated the album to the Burlingame Public Library. |
Notes |
"Crystal Springs Dam is a gravity dam constructed across the San Mateo Creek, impounding water to form the Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir in San Mateo County, California. It was among the first concrete gravity dams built in the western United States." It was completed in 1888. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Springs_Dam 05/07/2018] |
Search Terms |
Construction Crystal Spring Dam Dams Railways Risdon Iron Works Santa Cruz Spring Valley Water Works |
Subjects |
Dam construction Iron & steel workers Iron construction Iron industry Landscape photographs Pipes Water use |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the Burlingame Public Library |