Goat Canyon Trestle construction pile holes

Name/Title

Goat Canyon Trestle construction pile holes

Entry/Object ID

PSDA1393

Description

Photographer's number 498 Date: 5-22-1932 Written on photograph: "Sheeting around holes for piles of Bent 11." 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