Toe construction to repair the Milltown dam in 1909
Description
Photo of nine construction workers standing on wooden dam framework. Label in upper left corner reads '142.' Photo caption reads: Repairing the dam in 1909, toe construction. Note excellent tie to old work. Fill being made between openings before final flooring.
Genre (Short List)
photographs
Type
Image
Date Original
1909
Subject (LCSH)
Bonner (Mont.) -- Photographs; Montana -- History; Dams -- Montana -- Photographs; Dams -- Repair; Dams -- Construction -- Photographs; Blackfoot River (Mont.); Construction workers -- Photographs
Subject (TGM)
Dam construction; Progress photographs; People associated with manual labor -- Montana; Group portraits; Portrait photographs
Subject (Keyword)
Milltown Dam (Milltown, Mont.); Toenail construction
Original photoboards scanned using a Colortrac Ltd. 5480e wide format scanner at 600 ppi. Images cropped to individual master TIFFs. Derivative images created using Photoshop CS2.
Date Digitized
2007-07
Provenance
Image collection provided by Jack L. Demmons
Source
Photoboard #176
Local Identifier
demmons_176_c_d.jpg
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Jack L. Demmons' Photographs of Bonner, Montana
