Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Riveting Pipes in Ditch, Chrystal Springs Line Adjoining Bay, 1888 |
Object Name |
Album, Photograph |
Description |
Riveting Pipes in Ditch, Chrystal Springs Line Adjoining Bay, 1888. Sepia photograph shows workers digging and installing pipes in a shallow ditch. The ditch runs from the left side of the photograph into the foreground and bottom right corner. The ditch is located on a hill that slopes gently downward into the San Francisco Bay in the background of the photogrpah at top right. Above the photograph a caption written in pink ballpoint pen reads, "BRISBANE IN 1888." Below the photograph, "Rivetting [sic] Pipes in Ditch. Crystal Springs Line adjoining Bay--" is written in cursive script with black ink. |
Date |
1888 |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Processing Method |
Black and White |
Catalog Number |
1990.040.005 |
Dimension Details |
11" x 16" x 3" - dimensions of album; photographs various sizes |
Collection |
Archival Collection |
Place |
Brisbane, CA |
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 Springs 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 |