Compressed air caissons showing apparatus and method of sealing into rock. Caisson dropped from position two or three feet above bench to final position

Compressed air caissons showing apparatus and method of sealing into rock. Caisson dropped from position two or three feet above bench to final position

Type: Archival materialsPhotographs

Collection Creator: Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering DepartmentUnderwood and Underwood

See more items in: Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection / Series 1: Engineering / 1.17: Tunneling

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Container: Box 78, Item 30

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Archival Collection

Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection

Creator
Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department
Underwood and Underwood
Compiler
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
Identifier
NMAH.AC.1013

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