Check out a new beta version of this site

Cofferdam During High Water

September 12, 1905

View this item

Cofferdam During High Water
  • Title
  • Cofferdam During High Water
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • September 12, 1905
  • Identifier
  • 715.05347.CP
  • Description
  • A view showing the north cofferdam, unfinished, during high water. Enclosures reading "Diamond Coal Co." contain coal. A cofferdam is a temporary structure created to expose areas that are normally underwater so that work, such as creating supports or repairs can be completed.
  • Extent
  • 5 x 7 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Cofferdams
    Waterworks--Design and construction
    Rivers
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
    Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
    http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/