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Flooded Cofferdam

September 12, 1905

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Flooded Cofferdam
  • Title
  • Flooded Cofferdam
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • September 12, 1905
  • Identifier
  • 715.05348.CP
  • Description
  • A view of the extent of flood damage to the unfinished cofferdam. Brilliant Pumping Station can be seen on the other side of the Allegheny River, and a bridge is visible on the right. 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
    Pumping stations
    Rivers
    Floods
  • 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.
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