Steam dredge working on the construction of the Cape Cod Canal

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Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection
Photographic materials
Photographs: General (9 of 12)
Steam dredge working on the construction of the Cape Cod Canal
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Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection
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Description

One cyanotype photograph of steam dredge working on the construction of teh Cape Cod Canal. A man in a suit and a bowler hat stands with another man on the deck of the dredge while a man on the shoreline works near the suction pipe.

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Descriptive Terms

dredgers (watercraft)

Physical Descrption

1 cyanotype photograph, 8" x 10"

Collection Code

MS028

Collection Name

Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

Date of Acquisition

2013

Reference Code

MS028.04.014.009

Places

Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts) [canal]

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