A round is being framed out for putting in concrete. Sacks of material with the word Speed on them sit along the side of the road and mules pull carts down the road. Further up the road workers operate a machine and shovels. Utility lines frame the...
Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Construction equipment; Men; Construction workers; African Americans
Multiple views of a trench supported by wood beams running behind gardens and houses. Three African-American men stand in a trench with shovels. Other men stand in the trench, which is in various stages of completion. Near Western Parkway, now...
Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Men; Construction workers
View of bulldozer and other equipment as the road at 38th Street and Market Street is torn up and the pipes and beams below exposed. There is a horse and wagon in the background. Men dig with shovels or stand nearby.
Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Men; Construction workers; African Americans
Sewer construction at Bardstown Road and Taylorsville Road. Three men stand in a ditch with shovels and pickaxes. The construction site is blocked off with sawhorses. Piles of dirt and rocks are on the street.
Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Pipes (Conduits); Sewers; Pipes (Conduits); Men; Construction workers; Construction equipment; Railroad tracks
Construction of the Southwestern Outfall combined sewer system near Bells Lane. Men work along a railroad track with shovels and construction materials, including beams. Machinery is on site at large piles of dirt.
Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewers; Pipes (Conduits); Sewerage; Men; Construction workers; Women; Construction workers; Children
A wide trench is being dug at the base of a hill with a house at the top of the hill. Short vertical bars stick out of the bottom of the trench and long wood beams run across the top. Men with shovels are at the site. Next to the trench, a man,...
A group of men in coats stand in a row in a field holding shovels at a groundbreaking site. One man smoking a cigar stands to the right of the group. Title supplied by cataloger.
Iron miners; Mining; Wheelbarrows; Shovels; Iron mining
A group of miners digging for iron in the middle of a field (may be a cornfield after the harvest) in Bath County, Kentucky. Some miners have shovels and buckets. There are also two wheelbarrows and some planks across ditches.
Men; Construction workers; African Americans; Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Construction equipment
Men, many of them African American, using shovels to dig a trench at the base of a hill beneath a road.Near Beals Branch Road and Braeview Road south of Lexington Road.
Men; Construction workers; African Americans; Shovels; Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Construction equipment; Hoisting machinery
African-American men holding shovels stand next to a large pile of dirt in the middle of a road. A crane is in the ditch to the side. Title supplied by cataloger.
Men; Construction workers; Construction equipment; Shovels
A few men lie on the ground with other men standing nearby in a field surrounded by trees. A pick-up truck, shovels, and other equipment are on site. Title supplied by cataloger.
Men; Construction workers; Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Construction equipment
A group of men stand at the base of a wide, but not deep, trench in the process of being dug out. The men hold shovels and other tools. Near Beals Branch Road and Braeview Road south of Lexington Road.
Men use shovels at the base of a deep and wide trench. Gravel is on the side with water running down the center. The trench is supported by tall walls with wood beams above. Title supplied by cataloger.
