Contract No. 51, East Branch Baffle, Site of Quabbin Reservoir, Greenwich, Hardwick, quarry tunnel and type of dynamite used, east branch baffle, Hardwick, Mass., Sep. 16, 1936

Title:: Contract No. 51, East Branch Baffle, Site of Quabbin Reservoir, Greenwich, Hardwick, quarry tunnel and type of dynamite used, east branch baffle, Hardwick, Mass., Sep. 16, 1936
Creator:: Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission
Photographer:: Pike, Stuart D., 1910-1978
Date:: September 16, 1936
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Location:: Massachusetts Archives
Collection (local):: Massachusetts. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission, Quabbin Reservoir / Metropolitan District Commission, Construction Division, Contract Construction Photographs
Subjects:: waterworks
reservoirs (water distribution structures)
construction sites
quarries (extracting complexes)
engineers
dynamite
Places:: Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Hardwick
Extent:: 1 photograph : print ; sheet 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 format)
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/q237mx790
Terms of Use:: No Copyright - United States
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No known restrictions on use.

Notes:: Title supplied by cataloger.
Print in album volume MDWSC, Contract 51, East Branch Baffle, Volume 2, Chief Engineer set
Typed on back: Quarry face and tunnel. Tunnel in general 3 feet wide and 3 1/2 feet high driven into face about 40 feet with a cross tunnel at end from 14 feet to 16 feet on either side. Cross tunnel loaded with about 5500 lbs. 60% dynamite and entrance filled and then fired.
Notes (acquisition):: Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission; Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Accession #:: EN4.12/889X.MDWSC.C.0051.0061.Chief.Engineer
Identifier:: MDWSC_C_0051_0061_CE

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