Goat Canyon Trestle construction pile driving

Name/Title

Goat Canyon Trestle construction pile driving

Entry/Object ID

PSDA1392

Description

Photographer's number 493 Date: 5-21-1932 Written on photograph: "Driver taking out spliced pile - Pile 4 Bent 10" Footer description in scrapbook reads: "Owing to the difficulty of driving piles in the old fill, holes were dug for each pile beyond Bent 1, and in almost every case it was necessary to drill and shoot the holes, Sheeting was placed as the holes were dug to prevent the soft material from sloughing back in."

Cataloged By

Drenkow, Jason

Acquisition

Accession

2020.009

Source or Donor

Kornweibel, Ted

Acquisition Method

Purchase