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Excavating for a New York foundation /

The scene is an excavation pit at an unidentified New York City construction site. A crew of six men can be seen shoveling dirt into a four-wheeled wooden cart. Then a full cart is slowly lifted out of the pit to street level by a steam-powered crane. These carts are similar in design to those shown...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903.
Series:American history in video.
Subjects:
Building > New York (State) > New York.
Construction equipment > New York (State) > New York.
Construction workers > New York (State) > New York.
Excavation > New York (State) > New York.
Construction > New York (État) > New York.
Construction > Équipement > New York (État) > New York.
Ouvriers de la construction > New York (État) > New York.
Excavation > New York (État) > New York.
Building
Construction equipment
Construction workers
Excavation
New York (State) > New York
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The scene is an excavation pit at an unidentified New York City construction site. A crew of six men can be seen shoveling dirt into a four-wheeled wooden cart. Then a full cart is slowly lifted out of the pit to street level by a steam-powered crane. These carts are similar in design to those shown dumping rubble at the end of the film New York City Dumping Wharf. Advertisements and campaign posters can be seen on the exposed wall of the building in the background.
Item Description:Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 25Nov1903; H38561.
Original duration: 2:28 at 15 fps.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video file (2 min.))