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New York City Engineering Projects Photographs - New York City Board of Water Supply

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Photo album measures 23.5 x 30 x 3.5 cm black buckram, gilt lettering on front -
Photographs. Album has 25 double-sided pages with 199 photographs placed in window- type slots measuring 7.5 x 10 cm with four black and white photographs per page on each side of the pages - three missing and one loose page is tipped in from a different album containing two photographs - one a duplicate of a photograph on page 7.

Fine collection of early 20th century photographs of civil engineering activities in the field building dams, tunnels of the Catskill Aqueduct and the living conditions endured by the builders of which there are many people oriented photos.

Full Title
New York City Engineering Projects Photographs - New York City Board of Water Supply
Member of
Photographs and Prints
Archival Collections
Contributor(s)
Creator: New York (N.Y.). Board of Water Supply
Date Issued
1906-05 to 1914-05
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Genre
scrapbooks
Form
albums (books)
Subject (Geographic)
New York (State)
Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)
Ashokan Reservoir (N.Y.)
Croton Falls (N.Y.)
Subject (Name)
New York (N.Y.). Board of Water Supply
Barnes, Harry E.
Media type
image/tiff
Date Captured
2025-04-30
Identifier
SC Photo 0048
Note
CopiBook Cobalt HD
600

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Extent
50
23.5 cm. x 30 cm. x 3.5 cm.
Subject (LCSH)
Dams
Reservoirs
Hydraulic engineering
Pipelines

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  title = {New York City Engineering Projects Photographs - New York City Board of Water Supply},
  author = {Supply, New},
  year = {1906},
  month = may,
  abstract = {Photo album measures 23.5 x 30 x 3.5 cm black buckram, gilt lettering on front - Photographs. Album has 25 double-sided pages with 199 photographs placed in window- type slots measuring 7.5 x 10 cm with four black and white photographs per page on each side of the pages - three missing and one loose page is tipped in from a different album containing two photographs - one a duplicate of a photograph on page 7.},
  note = {CopiBook Cobalt HD; 600; {"value":"SC Photo 0048 New York City Engineering Projects Photographs - New York City Board of Water Supply ","attr0":"collection"}},
  language = {English},
}