Photo Record
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Metadata
Title |
End View of Barge showing Pipes in Chutes, 1888 |
Object Name |
Album, Photograph |
Description |
End View of Barge showing Pipes in Chutes, 1888. Sepia photograph shows two long pipes in downward-sloping chutes on board a barge. About a dozen workers pose behind the chute on the right. Black ink caption at the bottom reads, "End View of Barge showing Pipes in Shutes [sic]. Submarine work." |
Date |
1888 |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Processing Method |
Black and White |
Catalog Number |
1990.040.023 |
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 |
Part of construction of Crystal Springs Dam and connected water lines; pipes made by the Risdon Iron Works in San Francisco. |
Search Terms |
Construction Crystal Spring Dam Dams Railways Risdon Iron Works Santa Cruz Spring Valley Water Works |
Subjects |
Barges Dam construction Iron & steel workers Iron construction Iron industry Landscape photographs Pipes Water use |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the Burlingame Public Library |