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- Photograph. Sepia-toned photo of the Lonyo Road Sewer construction site. Printed text in the lower left corner of the photo shows "Lonyo Road Sewer, Where the Waste Pile Went Down; Aug. 30, 1919; [W. B.] James Photo." The view shows a waste pile of excavated material in the foreground and the area that collapsed (marked by arrow). This collapsed pile caused the adjacent sewer grade line to heave upward. The sewer trench is located to the left of the Walbridge Aldinger Co. shovel crane.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photo of the Lonyo Road Sewer under construction. Printed text in the top center area of the photo shows "Lonyo Road Sewer; Maximum Point in Upheaval; Aug. 30, 1919; [W. B.] James Photo." The view shows a wide excavated trench in the foreground along with two parallel concrete sewer base sections with rounded bottoms. The top portion of the sewer was to be cast in place onto the base sections to result in a large, double-barrel sewer. When a nearby waste pile of excavated material (beyond the image to the right) collapsed, it caused the sewer grade line to heave upward as shown by the large transverse crack in the concrete base sections that are located near the center of the photo. A large barn and several wood-frame buildings are visible in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photo of the Lonyo Road Sewer construction project site. Printed text in the lower left corner of the photo shows "Lonyo Road Sewer; Pile of Sand, All that was left of the Mixing Plant; Aug. 30, 1919; [W. B.] James Photo." The view shows several lines of railroad tracks in the foreground. Various storage and office buildings can be seen beyond the tracks and houses can be seen in the distant background. A pile of sand (the former mixing plant) is visible near the center of the photo and two construction cranes can be seen to the left.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photo of the Lonyo Road Sewer under construction. Printed text in the lower left corner of the photo shows "Lonyo Road Sewer, Adjacent to M.C.R.R. Aug. 30, 1919, After Slip of Waste Bank which raised bottom 13' above grade; [W. B.] James Photo." The view shows a wide, excavated trench in the foreground along with track-mounted steel forms for constructing a large, double-barrel cast-in-place concrete sewer. The photographer noted the location of a nearby waste pile of excavated material (marked by arrow near center of photo) that collapsed and caused the sewer grade line to heave upward as noted by the upward-pointing arrow near the left side of the photo.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photo showing the construction of a railroad bridge over the Rouge River. Printed text in the lower right corner of the photo shows "M.C.R.R.; River Rouge Bascule; May 12, 1919. The view looks northeastward along the existing railroad tracks with caissons #1 and #2 on the right side of the tracks and caissons #3 and #4 on the left. Construction cranes, equipment, and temporary buildings are located on both sides of the tracks. Also, a temporary concrete mixing plant can be seen to the left of the railroad tracks. Several factory buildings are visible in the left background and a large railroad yard can be seen in the right background area.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Municipal Services
