excavation
Photographs, progress report of Oakland's City Hall. Report from architects to Mayor Mott. From first excavation to completion. "Oakland City Hall, July 12th, 1911. This image is looking South... |
1957
The intersection of Lakeside Drive, Harrison, and 20th streets, with a triangular traffic island separating diverging traffic. In the background the downtown skyline appears. In the foreground... |
5-Sep-25
Text: (on back of photo) "Camera 8 x 10, Lens 12", Scene, Two tracks on SP. Co., bridge in foreground with steam shovel working just beyond and headed toward said bridge, the shovel working... |
5-Sep-25
Caption (on front of photo) "Steam shovel excavation under Western Pacific main line tracks at Third Street, showing heavy plate girder supports for railroad tracks resting upon pile foundations... |
5-Sep-25
Text; (On back of photo) "Camera, 8x10, Lens 5 1/2", Scene; Staging and portions of cement mixing and hoisting equipment, also excavation for ;teh tube entrance bldg., Loacation of Camera, In... |
1-Aug-25
Text: (On back of photo) "Camera 8 x 10, Lens 24", Scene, Excavation in Harrison st., just south of S.P.Co. First St., Bridge, with estuary in distance, Location of camera, on S.P. CO. Ry bridge,... |
1-Aug-25
Caption (on front of photo) "32 - Dragline excavation under Southern Pacific main line tracks at First Street showing temporary support of tracks preliminary to the installation of the steel plate... |
1-Aug-25
Text (on back of photo) "Camera 8 x 10 lens 7 1/2", Scene, close up of forms in hole on Harrison St., between 4th & 3rd sts., with general view of Harrison south of third, in distance;... |
1-Aug-25
View of excavation, showing steam shovel and dump trucks. Residence draped with cloth sign for Symon Brothers Wreckers, San Pablo Avenue, advertising new and used building materials. Trucking... |
1-Aug-25
View of excavation, showing pile driver and installed pilings. Text: (On back of photo) "Camera 8 x 10, lens 12", Scene: General view of progress of work to date on Harrison St., south from Fifth... |
18-Nov-25
Caption (on front of photo) "57 - Stating of suction dredge excavation on Alameda side of work, showing Webster Street Drawbridge in the background." Text; (On back of photo) "No. 57. Camera 8 x... |
29-Oct-25
Text; (on back of photo) "No. 54. Camera 8 x 10, Lens 8", Scene; same scope as ET4, showing progress on Harrison St., south from Fourth St., to date, Location of Camera, north-west corner roof of... |
28-Oct-25
Text; (on back of photo) "Camera 8 x 10, Lens 7", Scene; Excavation south of and underneath W.P. Ry., 3rd St., bridge, with steam shovel and pile driver at work; hoisting machinery and Saroni Bldg... |
24-Sep-25
Caption (on front of photo) "44- Driving 14 inch steel sheet piling 50 feet long at south end of Oakland dry excavation section. Final depth of excavation at this point to be 74 feet with top... |
15-Aug-67
The clipping on the back of the photo reads "FREEWAY'S SWATH IN OAKLAND Wide swath of cleared ground through clustered building shows route of Grove-Shafter Freeway (above) with piers already... |
15-Aug-67
The notation on the back of the photo reads "Grove-Shafter Freeway (College ave. area)." College Avenue runs diagnonally acrross the picture from lower left to upper right. It is bisected at... |
15-Aug-67
A south-facing aerial view of the excavation for the Grove-Shafter freeway. Grove St runs from right lower to right upper on the right side of the excavation. Shattuck Avenue joins Telegraph... |
1-Dec-62
The notation on the back of the photo reads : "Hill being raised [sic] for freeway-Walnut Creek" At the center of the left lower corner of the photo the hill described on the back of the photo is... |
11-Aug-81
A ground level view of the construction of a new on-ramp to Interstae 680 near Geary Road in Walnut Creek. A grader and a roller are on the excavated sub-surface road material. The existing on-... |
23-Aug-56
An aerial view of a huge excavation on Highway 40 near the approaches to the Carquinez Bridge over the Sacramento River. There is only one bridge over the river, but piers are under construction... |