Goat Canyon Trestle construction pile holes

504

504

Name/Title

Goat Canyon Trestle construction pile holes

Entry/Object ID

PSDA1394

Description

Photographer's number 504 Date: 5-23-1932 Written on photograph: "Hole for piles, Bent No. 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