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Album with 87 photographs depicting construction of the Ashokan reservoir which supplies water to New York City with multiple views of excavation machinery compressors special aqueduct and screen chamber the spillway tunnels and picturesque scenes of local buildings
1915308235New York 1915. 87 silver prints the images measuring 3 x 4-1/2 to 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches mounted recto and verso on black sheets most of the prints with a caption in the negative. Oblong 4to. In a black "Snapshots" album. Some wear photos fine. 87 silver prints the images measuring 3 x 4-1/2 to 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches mounted recto and verso on black sheets most of the prints with a caption in the negative. Oblong 4to. The NYC watershed consists of 19 upstate reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes that cover 1900 square miles in the Catskill Mountains. The Ashokan Reservoir was finished in 1915.<br /> 1. Ulster & Delaware Railroad Station<br /> 2. Steam shovels<br /> 3. Town with workers uncaptioned<br /> 4. 3 uncaptioned shots of equipment<br /> 5. The Ashokan National Bank Building with an advertisement for the Oneonta Central New York Fair Sept. 1912 on side of building.<br /> 6. Traction Engine; Negro Camp House & View from the Main Office towards the Opera House<br /> 7. The Hospital and Nurse Cottage<br /> 8. Italian Camp View; Syphon & Machine and Millwright Shop<br /> 9. The Commissary<br /> 10. Beaver Hill Club House; Waste Channel & "Dig"<br /> 11. Browns Farm House<br /> 12. View from the Beaverkill Clubhouse towards Maindam; well driller & View from McCleelan Tower <br /> 13. Office of Winston and Co Contractors<br /> 14. Workers; Cable Tower & Italian Camp View<br /> 15. McClellan Memorial Tower and Reservator <br /> 16. Steam Shovel; Fire House & Parade on horseback<br /> 17. View from the Main Dam of Reservoir Site<br /> 18. View from Maindam seen from Esopos Creek; Blacksmith Shop & American Camp Street View<br /> 19. Railway tracks<br /> 20. Railroad Engine; Italian Camp View & View of Maindam<br /> 21. East Deich<br /> 22. Street View around Boardinghouse; Cornwal and Dam & Camp Scene<br /> 23. Main dam Towers and Railroad<br /> 24. American Camp Street View Workers in wagon & Train<br /> 25. West Deich<br /> 26. Bucyrus shovel; Ditch & View of Maindam<br /> 27. Compressor<br /> 28. Steam Shovel; Boardinghouse & American Camp View<br /> 29. Special Aequduct<br /> 30. Crusher; Police Station & Railroad<br /> 31. Screen Chamber<br /> 32. City Engineers Office; Railroad & Deich work<br /> 33. Well driller blast and steam shovel<br /> 34. Italian Camp House; Machinery of Cable Tower & Steam shovel at work<br /> 35. Pressure aqueduct lower gate chamber<br /> 36. Italian schoolhouse; Stump puller & Italian Camp View<br /> 37. Steam shovel<br /> 38. Post Office; Portal of water channel & large valves<br /> 39. View of main dam seen from Esopos Creek<br /> 40. The Keeper; Men in tunnel & Board of Water Supply Office<br /> 41. Upper Gate Chamber<br /> 42. American Camp House; View of Maindam; View towards Dam showing Mill Compressor and Crusher & View towards Crusher and Dam<br /> 43. View of Spillway<br /> 44. American Camp Street View; Bull Pen & Round House<br /> 45. Panoramic postcard of Ashokan Dams Browning Station NY torn in half. unknown
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