Sewage treatment works photographs from 1933 to 1972
Description
This accession consists of black and white photos documenting sewage treatment works, their equipment and facilities, and staff and operations. The photographs, most of which are 8 x 10 inches, present aerial, exterior, and interior views of these works under construction and in operation with their staffs in laboratories or at control centers. Photographs also show renderings, architectural models, and topographic views, as well as inspections and other ceremonies. Also included are exterior and interior views of sludge boats at Coney Island and Tallman Island as well as sewage treatment equipment manufactured by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Co., from Columbus Ohio, the Ultradion Water Purifier, and disease-causing microorganisms from the Ward's Island treatment works. Photographs are arranged alphabetically by names of sewage treatment works, such as Bowery Bay, Coney Island, and Port Richmond. Interfiled are subjects such as Gansevoort incinerator and "Various Prints", the latter a miscellany of photographs never properly filed or refiled. Within the folders, there are occasional leaves of correspondence, photograph captions, and press releases. There is an index to the accession, arranged alphabetically by works sites, then numerically by each photograph briefly described. Materials are arranged alphabetically.
Extent
1.5 cubic feet
Dates
1933-1972
Record Groups
Source
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Environmental Protection (Organization)
Creator
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Public Works (Organization)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Public Works. Bureau of Sewage Disposal Operations (Organization)
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