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Record Group: North Jersey District Water Supply Commission
Series: Photographs of the Wanaque Waterworks Project, 1920-1923
Accession #: 1993.023
Series #:  SZNOR001
Guide Date:   3/1993 (JK)
Volume:  0.5 c.f. [approx. 150 photographs]


Project History
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1921
1922
1923

Images

Item Date Caption

Image

54.

8 April 1922

"Sta. 4 26 - upstream side showing detail of trench bracing."

55.

10 April 1922

"Detail of faulty rock in bottom of trench. Sta. 5 67 - 5 77 - downstream side Elev. 134."

56.

10 April 1922

"Detail of faulty rock in bottom of trench Sta. 6 07 downstream side Elev. 146 bottom of sheeting."

57.

10 April 1922

"Showing contact of sheet steel piling on rock at
Sta. 6 07 - Elev. 141.0 upstream side."

58.

20 February 1922

"Looking northwest showing portion of corewall between Stas. 2 00 and 4 50."

59.

26 February 1922

"Looking toward Sta. 0 00 along center line of corewall from railroad trestle showing steel support for dredge pump."

60.

15 March 1922

"Showing a portion of corewall completed under Contract 2A to Elev. 240.0, lower portion to Elev. 230.0."

61.

10 April 1922

"Looking toward Sta. 15 00 along center line of corewall from railroad trestle."

62.

28 April 1922

"Jersey City pipe line exposed new line on right, at a point between Peckmans Brook crossing and Greenwood Lake branch of Erie Railroad."

63.

12 May 1922

"North Jersey District Water Supply Commission's field hospital, Wanaque Dam."

64.

12 May 1922

"Office of Contractor's storehouse."

65.

12 May 1922

"Field Office of Assistant Engineer in charge of construction."

66.

12 May 1922

"Mess Hall and cooks - operated by Contractor, open to all employees of Contractor and Commission."

67.

12 May 1922

"Corner of machine shop."

68.

12 May 1922

"Corner of storehouse."

69.

12 May 1922

"Accounting Department - Field Office."

70.

30 June 1922

"Corewall trench looking down from end of trench
Sta. 10 70. Showing concrete blanket in place and ready for grouting."

71.

30 June 1922

"Looking south from upstream side of corewall from
Sta. 2 50. Showing piling cut off at ground surface and clay puddle placed between corewall and piling."

72.

30 June 1922

"Looking south from railroad trestle along upstream face of corewall. Removing forms in foreground."

73.

30 June 1922

"Concrete mixing pland for Contract 2A composed of two 1 yd. Ransome steam driven mixers."

74.

30 June 1922

"Dredge pump set up near Wanaque River upstream from dam to furnish water for back fill operations."

75.

21 July 1922

"Showing a typical section of concrete forms for corewall. Sta. 7 00 Elev. 220-225."

76.

21 July 1922

"Placing concrete in corewall Sta. 7 05-7 55. Elev. 220-225."

77.

21 July 1922

"Looking north along top of corewall. Showing top of corewall completed to Elev. 230.0."

78.

21 August 1922

"Looking south showing corewall practically completed to Sta. 10 71 and back fill operations under way at north end."

79.

3 October 1922

"Looking north showing downstream embankment being sluiced into place after having been dumped 6 yd. cars."

80.

3 October 1922

"Showing charging platform of dredge pump."

81.

3 October 1922

"Looking north along center line of corewall from Sta.
13 50."

 


82.

3 October 1922

"Coffer dam completed to allow corewall to be carried part way across Wanaque River."

83.

3 October 1922

"Looking south from north end of Wanaque Dam. Showing moving form being set up to raise corewall to Elev. 240 0."

84.

3 October 1922

"Taken from top of crusher looking north showing sand and gravel cut."

85.

10 November 1922

"Panorama of Wanaque Reservoir-View from south end of dam."



86.

10 November 1922

"Wanaque Dam-end of corewall under Contract 2A, movable concrete forms."

87.

10 November 1922

"Wanaque Reservoir looking south from E. R. Hewitt's house."

88.

10 November 1922

"Wanaque Dam-View from hill at south end showing placing of upstream embankment by rolling and downstream by railroad haul and slushing it into place."

89.

8 November 1922

"Looking south along center line of Great Notch Tunnel from a point north of North Portal."


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