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Metadata
Title |
Hand Excavation on Crystal Springs Dam, 1888 |
Object Name |
Album, Photograph |
Description |
Hand Excavation on Crystal Springs Dam, 1888. Sepia-toned photograph shows several workers, two on the ground and the rest on wooden scaffolding about ten feet above. They stand in a hallway of sorts that has been carved into the side of a hill. Pink pen caption above photo reads "CRYSTAL SPRINGS DAM 1888 / HAND EXCAVATION TO KEY DAM INTO CANYON WALLS." |
Date |
1888 |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Processing Method |
Black and White |
Catalog Number |
1990.040.036 |
Dimension Details |
11" x 16" x 3" - dimensions of album; photographs various sizes |
Collection |
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 |