vol2_p079
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- Title:
- vol2_p079
- Date:
- 1929
- Creator (Personal):
- Durkee, E.L.
- Description:
- Image #531 (4.5" x 2.75'): "7-9-29. Lowering the first main engine from the deck of the Cooper River Span to a lighter below. Weight of engine 31 tons, plus rigging. Two sets wire cable falls of 5 parts each, leading off of the two top drums. Clutch out, frictions in, and lowered by foot brakes. Engine running to allow use of clutch if necessary."; Image #532 (2.75" x 4.5"): "7-9-29. Same as 531. Note horizontal leads of cable falls, thru snatch blocks, instead of straight up off of drums."; Image #533 (2.75" x 4.5"): "7-11-29. Removing rigging, riveting, laying forms, pouring concrete deck, & painting overhead - all at once!";Three 4.5" x 2.75" B/W photos numbered 531, 532, 533
- Collection Title:
- Photographic Record of the Cooper River Bridge
- Contributing Institution:
- The Charleston Archive at CCPL
- Media Type:
- Images
- Topical Subject:
- Ships, Railroads, Timber, Bridges--South Carolina, and Bridges -- Design and Construction
- Geographic Subject:
- Low Country and John P. Grace Memorial Bridge (Charleston, S.C.)
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Digital:
- 2009-01
- Digitization Specifications:
- 600 ppi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL scanner, Archival Master is a tiff.
- Internet Media Type:
- image/jpg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Digital image copyright 2009, Charleston County Public Library. All rights reserved. For more information contact the Charleston Archive, Charleston County Public Library, 68 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29401
- Admin ID:
- 59866
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