Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: A. W. Von Schmidt's improved dredging machine, Oakland Harbor Works, California
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Group Creator Name:
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- Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
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Title:
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A. W. Von Schmidt's improved dredging machine, Oakland Harbor Works, California
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Date:
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[1884]
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Materials:
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print on paper: lithograph, color
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Dimensions:
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48.2 x 61.3 cm.
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Current Location:
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Bancroft Library.
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-6000
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Object ID:
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BANC PIC 1963.002:0828--C
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Subject:
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- Bays
- California, Northern
- Environmental degradation
- Equipment
- San
Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
- Vessels
- Lithographs, color
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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Barge with dredging equipment in bay; pipe extending to landfill in distance; blue clay mud flats being dredged in foreground; reclaimed land and city in distance.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
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Notes:
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Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Now working under contract with Colonel George H. Mendell, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A./May, 1884; (LL): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]. Handwritten (on verso): This was the type of dredge used for filling in Cambridge Flats. Printed legend.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf1c6006tq
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