Print, Photographic

Photograph

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Batavia Depot Museum

Black & white photograph of construction on Batavia Avenue: Workers are busy constructing a pipe system along Batavia Avenue, with wooden planks and materials laid out amidst bare trees and utility lines.
Black & white photograph of construction on Batavia Avenue

Workers are busy constructing a pipe system along Batavia Avenue, with wooden planks and materials laid out amidst bare trees and utility lines.

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

P5

Description

Batavia Avenue looking north from First Street. VanNortwick home is in the background. Sewers or a pipe systems seems to be being built in 1906. A manhole is being worked on in the foreground. Supplies are lowered by a pulley attached to three huge wooden beams set up as a tri-pod. Horses and men only, appear to be providing all power. There is an article from the Batavia Herald dated Thursday, Nov. 1, 1906 that describes the work being done.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Print - silver chloride

Subject

Public works/Infrastructure project on Batavia Avenue.

Subject Place

Roadway

Batavia Avenue

Neighborhood

West Batavia

City

Batavia

State/Province

Illinois

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Collection

Photograph Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1906

Time Period

1900s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Receiver Marking

Location

Back of print, Top left to right to bottom

Transcription

Street Scenes John Strobel '69 P-5 | Batavia Avenue Sewers | From John P. Strobel, Geneva | Mar 6, 1969. | Batavia Depot Museum | Batavia, Illinois 60510 | Batavia Avenue looking north from First St. | VanNortwick home in background 1906

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen and Ink, Stamped, Pencil

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

City of Batavia, Sewer System

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Image

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

Dimension Description

Print

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Person

Overstreet, Larry

Date

Apr 2, 2015

Notes

There is an article from the Batavia Herald dated Thursday, Nov. 1, 1906 that describes the work being done in this photograph.

Updated By

Jessica Meis

Update Date

July 17, 2026