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Municipal Pier Construction Photographs, 1917-1921

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Neg #

Title

Progress

Acc. #

270

Pier 9 North, Cherry Street; Bulkhead section, looking south. July 20, 1917

Work completed to date: 10.16% Contract No. 283

P.9260.97

284

Pier No. 9 North, Cherry Street; Bulkhead section, looking north. August 21, 1917

Work completed to date: 11.90%. Contract No.283

P.9260.98

305

Pier No. 9 North, Cherry Street; Bulkhead section, looking north. October 20, 1917

Work completed to date: 13.26%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.99

316

Pier No. 9 North, Cherry Street; Bulkhead section, looking north. December 4, 1917

Work completed to date: 13.67%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.100

317

Pier No. 9 North, Cherry Street; Looking south, showing piling, etc. December 4, 1917

Work completed to date: 13.67%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.101

323

Pier No. 9 North, Cherry Street; Bulkhead Section, looking north. January 31, 1918

Work completed to date: 14.40%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.102

326

Pier No. 9 North, Bulkhead Section, looking northeast. March 6, 1918

Work completed to date: 14.40%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.103

331

Pier No. 9 North, Bulkhead Section, looking northeast. March 28, 1918

Work completed to date: 15.10%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.104

344

Pier No. 9 North, looking east, showing forms, piling, etc. May 28, 1918

Work completed to date: 19.67%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.105

345

Pier No. 9 North, looking southeast showing forms, piling, etc. May 28, 1918

Work completed to date: 19.67%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.106

346

Pier No. 9 North, looking south showing forms and bulkhead. May 28, 1918

Work completed to date: 19.67%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.107

357

Pier No. 9 North, looking east, showing piling, clamps, etc. June 25, 1918

Work completed to date: 21.41%. Contract 382 (sic: No.283)

P.9260.108

358

Pier No. 9 North, looking northeast, showing piling, clamps, etc. June 25, 1918

Work completed to date: 21.41%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.109

360

Pier No. 9 North, looking east, showing concrete reinforcement under car tracks, etc. June 25, 1918

Work completed to date: 21.41%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.110

376

Pier No. 9 North, looking east, showing forms, piling etc. July 19, 1918

Work completed to date: 39.49%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.111

375

Pier No. 9 North, concrete deck, inshore end of pier, looking east.
July 19, 1918

Work completed to date: 39.49%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.112

377

Pier No. 9 North, south side looking north. August 21, 1918

Work completed to date: 31.58%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.113

379

Pier No. 9 North, looking east, showing piling, clamps, etc. August 21, 1918

Work completed to date: 31.58%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.114

380

Pier No. 9 North, looking west, showing concrete forms and reinforcement. August 21, 1918

Work completed to date: 31.58%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.115

381

Pier No. 9 North, superstructure inshore end. August 21, 1918

Work completed to date: 31.58%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.116

390

Pier No. 9 North, driving spur piles looking southeast, September 25, 1918

Work completed to date ... 38.01%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.117

393

Pier No. 9 North, inshore end showing concrete form, etc., September 25, 1918

Work completed to date: 38.01%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.118

394

Pier No. 9 North, south side looking northeast. September 25, 1918

Work completed to date: 38.01%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.119

395

Pier No. 9 North, looking west, inshore end. October 29, 1918

Work completed to date: 41.68%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.120

396

Pier No. 9 North, looking northeast, showing reinforcement and forms for deck slab. October 29, 1918

Work completed to date: 41.68%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.121

403

Pier No. 9 North, inshore end looking northeast. November 26, 1918

Work completed to date: 52.40%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.122

404

Pier No. 9 North, looking east showing piling, clamps, etc. November 26, 1918

Work completed to date: 52.40%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.123

416

Pier No. 9 North, inshore end, looking northeast. January 14, 1919

Work completed to December 20, 1918: 57.03%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.124

448

Pier No. 9 North, inshore end looking east. February 27, 1919

Work completed to date: 70.47%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.125

449

Pier No. 9 North, interior, looking east. February 27, 1919

Work completed to date: 70.47%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.126

455

Pier No. 9 North, outer end looking south. March 31, 1919

Work completed to date: 78.13%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.127

474

Pier No. 9 North, Cherry Street; outer end, looking southwest. May 27, 1919

Work completed to date: 90.69%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.128

475

Pier No. 9 North, Cherry Street; interior, looking east. May 27, 1919

Work completed to date: 90.69%. Contract No. 283

P.9260.129

497

Municipal Pier No. 9 North, Cherry Street; outshore end on north side.
August 12, 1919

[Work complete]. Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, Philadelphia

P.9260.130

510

Municipal Pier No. 9 North, Cherry Street; inshore end. August 22, 1919

[Work complete].
Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, Philadelphia

P.9260.131

516

Municipal Pier No. 9 North, Cherry Street; outshore and looking west.
September 9, 1919

[Work complete].
Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, Philadelphia, Pa.

P.9260.132

520

Municipal Pier No. 9 North - Cherry Street, inshore end. September 11, 1919

[Work complete].
Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, Philadelphia

P.9260.133

226

Pier 78, South Delaware Wharves, north side, looking east, showing earth fill. March 28, 1917

Work completed to date: 65.0%. Date of completion 18 months from February 16, 1916. Contract No. 244

P.9260.134

370

Pier 78 South; superstructure, inshore end, looking southeast. July 19, 1918

[work] completed to date: 95%. Contract No. 250

P.9260.135

406

Municipal Pier 78, south Delaware wharves, McKean Street, outshore end, looking northwest. December 9, 1918

P.9260.136

347

Pier 80 South; storage of steel for superstructure of Pier 9 North (Cherry Street). May 28, 1918

P.9260.137

530

Pier 82 South; driving piles, looking east. September 25, 1919

Work completed to date: 5.32%. Contract No. 344

P.9260.138

531

Pier 82 South; bulkhead north of pier, looking north. September 25, 1919

Work completed to date: 5.32%. Contract No. 344

P.9260.139

570

Pier 82 South; bulkhead north, looking northeast. November 21, 1919

Work completed to date: 12.20%. Contract No. 344

P.9260.140

598

Pier 82 South; piling north side, looking east. March 11, 1920

Work completed to March 20: 19.27% Contract No. 344

P.9260.141

720

Pier 82 South; piling, etc., north side, looking east. January 13, 1921

Work completed to January 20: 28.29%. Contract No. 344

P.9260.142

764

Pier 82 South; clamps, caps, piles, etc., looking east, south side. April 26, 1921

Materials in place April 20th: 45.56%. Contract No. 344

P.9260.143

817

Pier 82 South; bulkhead north of pier, looking west. July 20, 1921

Work completed to date: 78.68%. Contract No. 344

P.9260.144

818

Pier 82 South; south side of pier, bulkhead, etc., looking east. July 20, 1921

Work completed to date: 78.68%. Contract No. 344

P.9260.145

489

Pier 84 South; bulkhead section south of pier. June 20, 1919

Work completed to date: 2.62%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.146

506

Pier 84 South; bulkhead south of pier, looking north. August 21, 1919

Work completed to date: 12.2%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.147

507

Pier 84 South; looking northeast over site; showing dredge and pile drivers at work. August 21, 1919

P.9260.148

508

Pier 84 South; Ritner Street sewer, looking northeast, showing piling, etc. August 21, 1919

Work completed to date: 12.2%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.149

526

Pier 84 South; bulkhead south of pier, looking north. Sept. 25, 1919

Work completed to date: 18.16%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.150

527

Pier 84 South; looking northeast, showing piling south side of pier. Sept. 25, 1919

Work completed to date: 18.16%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.151

528

Pier 84 South; Ritner Street sewer, looking east. Sept. 25, 1919

Work completed to date: 18.16%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.152

546

Pier 84 South; bulkhead south of pier, looking north. Oct. 30, 1919

Work completed to Oct. 20: 21.08%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.153

569

Pier 84 South; looking northeast, showing piling, south side. Nov. 21, 1919

Work completed to date: 25.00%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.154

593

Pier 84 South; showing piling for tracks of pile cutting machine. Mar. 11, 1920

Work completed to March 20: 32.92%. Contract 345

P.9260.155

594

Pier 84 South; driving spur piles, south side, and framing. Mar. 11, 1920

Work completed to March 20: 32.92%. Contract 345

P.9260.156

595

Pier 84 South; platforms south side of pier, and bulkhead looking southeast, Mar. 11, 1920

Work completed to March 20: 32.92%. Contract 345

P.9260.157

596

Pier 84 South; showing joining of platforms, south side of pier bulkhead, top view. Mar. 11, 1920

Work completed to March 20: 32.92%. Contract 345

P.9260.158

597

Pier 84 South; Ritner Street sewer, looking northeast. Mar. 11, 1920

Work completed to March 20: 32.92%. Contract 345

P.9260.159

637

Pier 84 South; south side, looking northwest; machine cutting off spur piles. June 24, 1920

Work completed to June 20: 43.83%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.160

638

Pier 84 South; bulkhead, south side; concrete forms, etc., June 24, 1920

Work completed to June 20: 43.83%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.161

639

Pier 84 South; bulkhead, south side, looking southwest. June 24, 1920

Work completed to June 20: 43.83%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.162

640

Pier 84 South; platform and bulkhead, south side of pier, looking east. June 24, 1920

Work completed to June 20: 43.83%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.163

641

Pier 84 South; driving spur piles, south side of pier, June 24, 1920

Work completed to June 20: 43.83%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.164

658

Pier 84 South; irregular steel form, looking north. July 27, 1920

Work completed to July 20: 48.22%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.166

659

Pier 84 South; showing earth fill in center of pier, looking east. July 27, 1920

Work completed to July 20: 48.22%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.167

717

Pier 84 South; concrete cross wall, south side. Jan. 13, 1921

Work completed to Jan. 20: 68.73%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.168

718

Pier 84 South; south side of pier, inshore end. Jan. 13, 1921

Work completed to Jan. 20: 68.73%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.169

719

Pier 84 South; Ritner Street sewer, looking east. Jan. 13, 1921

Work completed to Jan. 20: 68.73%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.170

730

Pier 84 South; piling north side, etc., looking east. Feb. 17, 1921

Material in place Jan. 20: 68.73%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.171

731

Pier 84 South; north side Pier 84 and south side Pier 82; piling etc., Feb. 17, 1921

Material in place Jan. 20: 68.73%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.172

732

Pier 84 South; showing retaining wall south side, fill, etc. Feb. 17, 1921

Material in place Jan. 20: 68.73%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.173

759

Pier 84 South; retaining wall south side of pier. Apr. 26, 1921

Materials in place April 20: 79.93%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.174

760

Pier 84 South; forms for retaining wall, north side, outshore end. Apr. 26, 1921

Materials in place April 20: 79.93%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.175

762

Pier 84 South; clamps, caps, piles, etc. north side and bulkhead, Apr. 26, 1921

Materials in place April 20: 79.93%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.176

763

Pier 84 South; bulkhead north of pier; clamps, caps, piles, etc., Apr. 26, 1921

Materials in place April 20: 79.93%. Contract No. 345

P.9260.177

809

Pier 84 South; sewer, bulkheads and north side of pier, June 20, 1921

Work completed to date: 93.88%. Contract 345

P.9260.178

811

Pier 84 South; bulkhead and north side of 84, inshore end, looking east. June 20, 1921

Work completed to date: 93.88%. Contract 345

P.9260.179

812

Pier 84 South; retaining wall, north side, outshore end, looking west. June 20, 1921

Work completed to date: 93.88%. Contract 345

P.9260.180

819

Pier 84 South; bulkhead between piers 82 and 84, looking east. July 20, 1921

Work completed to date: 96.95%. Contract 345

P.9260.181

820

Pier 84 South; north side, inshore end, platform, etc., looking north. July 20, 1921

Work completed to date: 96.95%. Contract 345

P.9260.182

821

Pier 84 South; north side, bulkhead, sewer, etc., looking north. July 20, 1921

Work completed to date: 96.95%. Contract 345

P.9260.183

1188

Pier 84 South; Porter Street, 1921

Work complete.

P.9260.184

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