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Excavation for New York City Subway
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View looking down at workers at work below street level, with cranes and International trucks excavating area for the future New York City subway. On the right people are watching from along a street barrier. Brick buildings are across the street.
1925
International Harvester Company
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Construction Workers Excavating for NYC Subway
August 19, 1925
Workers are removing dirt for the construction of the New York City subway with a Bucyrus shovel loader and an International truck. The workers are below street level, and buildings rise above them...
Workers Load Dirt into International Heavy-Duty Truck
1929
Workers are looking on as a Bucyrus Erie excavating crane is loading dirt into the bed of an International heavy-duty dump truck.
International Trucks Advertising Poster
1925
Advertising poster for International trucks. Features an illustration of men using an International heavy-duty truck at a subway construction site, a list of IHC branches across the nation, and the...
Debris and Construction Crane
1969
View of rock debris in a construction site. A construction crane, dump truck and a construction worker are in the background.
Men Moving Large Parts
August 8, 1918
Two men use a crane to move large parts inside an International Harvester manufacturing plant. The factory is likely International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works) in Auburn,...
Construction Worker on Roof
1969
Silhouette of a construction worker and construction cranes at the World Trade Center.
