Contributed by City of Portland - Planning & Development
- MMN #148222
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Description
At the foot of Pearl Street in October 1887, Portland civil engineers posed with a survey transit before a sewer extension into Back Bay. William S. Edwards, on the left, and Edward H. Foster, seated on a log, worked in the office of City Engineer William Goodwin in City Hall.
The tool of their trade, a survey transit on a metal tripod, is prominently displayed in the center foreground, beside the engineers.
On the right, in the middle ground, carpenter M. McDermott (left), holding a long-handled ax, and P. Boyce (right), holding a saw, rested their free hands on a pile of squared beams. Behind a sawhorse, to the far right, carpenter G. Knight looked on. In the background, visible behind Foster's hat, carpenter Jim Kelly posed, with arms akimbo.
About This Item
- Title: Portland civil engineers surveying Pearl Street sewer, Portland, 1887
- Creation Date: 1887-10-28
- Subject Date: 1887-10-28
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 11.4 cm x 18.4 cm
- Collection: Edwards Album
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Baxter Boulevard (Portland, Me.)
- Civil engineers--Maine
- Portland (Me.)--Sewer design
- Portraits, Group--Maine
- Sewerage--Maine
- Storm sewers--Maine
People
- Boyce, Patrick
- Edwards, William S.
- Fernald, George N
- Foster, Edward H.
- Goodwin, William
- McDermott, Michael
Other Keywords
- Back Bay
- Back Cove
- Baxter Boulevard
- Bayside
- construction
- dams
- engineering
- engineers
- labor
- pylons
- sewage
- sewer
For more information about this item, contact:
City of Portland - Planning & Development389 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 756-8023
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Pearl Street Sewer extension, with engineers and pile driver, Portland, 1887
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