Title:
Gardner Pipe Works workers making a concrete pipe , Orange, California, ca. 1902
Subject:
Concrete products industry
Pipe industry
H. H. Gardner Company--Orange (Calif.)
Description:
Gardner Pipe Works workers making a concrete pipe , Orange, California, ca. 1902. Photograph is number xxx in a series of
photographs showing the manufacture of cement pipe at the Gardner Pipe Works, demonstrating a pipe molding process utilizing
a mold patented by H.H. Gardener. Note attached with photos reads, "WORKER REMOVING JACKET FROM PIPE." On the right side is
a wheel barrow filled with concrete. The H.H. Gardner Company was formed in 1900 by Henry Howard Gardner, and manufactured
cement pipes, bricks, ditches and provided the cement foundation for the Orange Public Library (1905), a Carnegie Library.
The company was located on West La Veta Avenue in Orange, California. Henry Howard Gardner was born March 6, 1875 at the
family's home on South Glassell Street.
Photographic print
b&w
12 x 13 cm.
Publisher:
Orange Public Library
Type:
Image
Identifier:
P974
10512058
Language:
eng
Relation:
Orange Public Library Local History Collection
Orange Community Historical Society
Historic Orange Online
Rights:
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