Title:
A. W. Von Schmidt's improved dredging machine, Oakland Harbor Works, California
Creator/Contributor:
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer (lithographer)
Date:
[1884]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0828--C
Format:
print on paper: lithograph, color
48.2 x 61.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Barge with dredging equipment in bay; pipe extending to landfill in distance; blue clay mud flats being dredged in foreground;
reclaimed land and city in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Now working under contract with Colonel George H. Mendell, Corps of Engineers,
U.S.A./May, 1884; (LL): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]. Handwritten (on verso): This was the type of dredge used for
filling in Cambridge Flats. Printed legend.
Subjects:
Bays;
California, Northern;
Environmental degradation;
Equipment;
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.);
Vessels
Genre/Format:
Lithographs, color