Sewers; Excavation; Digging; Construction equipment; Civil engineering
Workers using cranes and jackhammers dig out a path in order to lay down sewer pipes on April 18, 1932. The excavating equipment has "Walter S. Rae" printed on the back. Handwritten on the image in the bottom right corner: 4-18-32. Title...
Wood beams run across a trench with other beams standing vertical at a sewer construction and installation site. Construction machinery is in the background. Title supplied by cataloger.
Construction; Sewers; Pipes (Conduits); Sewerage; Construction equipment; Buildings; Houses
Wide trench supported by wood beams at a construction site for sewer lines near Montana Avenue and Lincoln Avenue. Construction machinery is on site. Houses are in the background.
Streets; Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Men; Construction workers
Whitney Avenue near 8th Street looking west. Men stand in a trench and crouch on pipes as part of a sewer system under construction. Other men stand above near construction materials and equipment. Notes: Whitney-Berry.
Water coming from a pipe or tunnel built into the earth with a bridge in the distance. A man stands on the top of the sewer tunnel entrance. Title supplied by cataloger.
Water bubbles up from a sewer drain at the corner of Floyd Street and Warnock Avenue. A white and red University of Louisville service vehicle drives through the flooded intersection. Photograph was taken in the late morning or early afternoon.
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....
Views of a sewer trench supported by beams with pipes installed below. Construction equipment is on site near a row of houses. Images are identified as being photographed at 2:30, 2:40, 2:50, 3:00, and 3:20.
View of Beargrass Creek with signs of construction in the form of dirt banks, cleared land, and sewer drains. Part of an improvement project to the creek.
