Women--Kentucky--Louisville; Social reformers--Kentucky--Louisville--History; Morel, Louise C., b. 1871
Louise C. Morel was a leading social reformer in Louisville from 1917 through the early 1940s. Morel's work is a primary example of the continuation of Progressive Era ideals into the decades after the traditional end of the Progressive Era....
Wall display of photographs with a sign reading Familiar Scenes in the Development of Louisville's Sewer System by the Commissioners of Sewerage. Photographs are identified by the sewer projects, including Southwestern Outfall, Thirty-eighth St....
Sewerage; Sewers; Buildings; Streets; Public utility companies; Public utilities--Kentucky--Louisville
The Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) Collection records the construction of sewer lines, drainage work, and floodwall protection projects throughout Louisville in the early twentieth century through the beginning of World War II. While the scope...
Diagrams of Run-Off Showing Basis of Design of Main Sewer District 3A, Paducah, KY, July 1922. Henry A. Pulliam, Commissioner of Public Wks and Chief Engineer. J.C. Keeley, First Assistant. C.F. Johnson, Chief Draftsman. Chart with a graph and...
Men; Construction; Sewers; Construction equipment; Lumber
A man stands behind wood formed into a circle with other wood columns nearby for sewer construction. A sewer construction site is in the background with more men on site.
Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Construction equipment; Men; Construction workers
Multiple men stand at varying heights at a sewer construction site. The men in front are on wood platforms with more men on rocks behind them and additional men on dirt mounds in the back near a large piece of machinery. Title supplied by cataloger.
Pipes (Conduits); Sewers; Pipes (Conduits); Sewers; Men; Construction workers; Construction; Construction equipment
Tube or pipe buried under dirt in a wood-supported platform in the ground for sewer construction. Equipment and workers are in the background. Title supplied by cataloger.
Pipes (Conduits); Sewers; Pipes (Conduits); Sewers; Construction; Construction equipment
Tube or pipe buried under dirt in a wood-supported platform in the ground for sewer construction. Equipment is in the background. Title supplied by cataloger.
Two men stand on the right in front of a tunnel opening while three men stand together to the left. They are underground in a large sewer tunnel system. Original negative is damaged. Title supplied by cataloger.
Men; Construction workers; African Americans; Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage
An African-American man stands at the bottom of a ladder in a sewer trench surrounded by rubble and construction debris. More men are in the background. Title supplied by cataloger.
Men; Construction workers; Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Woodcutting
A man saws a piece of wood on top of a sewer pipe with other workers nearby. The site is filled with wood and other materials. Title supplied by cataloger.
Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Men; Construction workers; Construction equipment; Sewers; Pipes (Conduits); Signs (Notices)
Men stand on top of wood scaffolding above a trench. An attached sign reads ""Outfall Sewer. This is the largest concrete sewer in the United States.""
