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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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High Bridge and West Shore Coffer Dam
August 1, 1912
Elevated view of the power dam construction site from the west, showing the elevated trestle, coffer dam, and steam pile drivers. The concrete plant is visible on the east bank. Note that high wate...
Excavating in West End of Power House Coffer Dam
July 25, 1912
A boy posing in the excavation site for the power house within the coffer dam. He is standing on the narrow gauge tracks; the high trestle is in the background.
General View, Looking East of Work on Power Dam
June 16, 1912
Elevated view of steam powered pile drivers at work on the coffer dam.
North View Interior Power House Coffer Dam
September 30, 1912
Forms have been removed from the first concrete poured for the power house in the northeast corner of the coffer dam. Men are pouring concrete from rail cars on the high trestles into the forms for...
Steel Draft Tubes in Power House Coffer Dam
November 21, 1912
Elevated view within the coffer dam showing four steel draft tubes; wooden supports are visible inside one of the tubes.
General View of Power House Coffer Dam and High Trestle
July 16, 1912
An overview, from the west bank, of the power dam construction site. The high trestle is in the background, and the narrow gauge electric railroad is in the foreground.
