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...
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.
Buildings; Houses; Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Men; Construction workers
Men work on a site behind houses with narrow pipes, wood beams, and other materials and equipment for digging a sewer trench and laying pipes. Title supplied by cataloger.
