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Description
The caption to this photo when it appeared in the Portland Evening Express & Advertiser on December 9, 1924, was "The South Portal."
Portland Water District workers were building a new intake and conduit from Sebago Lake. The photo shows the point where the work changed from a ditch to a tunnel and where the workers fought against quicksand.
The pipe line is about 40 feet below the surface at this point.
About This Item
- Title: Portland Water District construction, Sebago Lake, ca. 1924
- Creator: Portland Press Herald, Portland Evening Express & Advertiser
- Creation Date: circa 1924
- Subject Date: circa 1924
- Location: Standish, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.9373
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Construction--Maine--Standish
- Hydraulic facilities--Maine--Standish
- Portland Water District (Me.)
- Sebago Lake (Me.)
- Tunnels--Maine
- Waterworks--Maine--Portland
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