1925-1934BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION
TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION
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BUILDING MIDTOWN TUNNEL. NEW YORK CITY. 11/8/34.
CONSTRUCTION OF 35TH STREET HUDSON RIVER TUNNEL. DYNAMITE BLASTING. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 00 00 WORKERS TAKING STICKS OF DYNAMITE & SHOVING THEM IN HOLES DUG INTO WALLS. |
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ROLLING MINING CARS ALONG TRACKS
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LIFTING DEBRIS-FILLED CARTS OUT OF TUNNEL USING CRANE.
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BLACK WORKERS USING JACK-HAMMER UNDERGROUND IN MINES
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TUNNEL WORKERS DRILLING HOLES IN ROCK WALLS. SEXUAL INNUENDO LOOKS LIKE TWO MEN MASTURBATING
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BUILDING MIDTOWN TUNNEL. WEEHAUKEN, NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK CITY. 11/10/34.
CONSTRUCTION OF 36TH STREET HUDSON RIVER TUNNEL. MACHINERY. EQUIPMENT AND MEN WORKING. CLEARING TUNNEL. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 04 59 HUGE CRANE LIFTS DEBRIS, CHUNKS OF ROCKS FROM TUNNEL & DUMPS IT INTO TRAIN CAR FOR REMOVAL. |
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TUNNEL WORKERS COMING TO WORK. WALK DOWN WOODEN STAIRS & INTO DECOMPRESSION CHAMBER.
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CART FULL OF ROCKS, DEBRIS ROLLS OUT OF TUNNEL
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TUNNEL WORKERS LEAVING TUNNEL ENTRANCE, GOING UP STAIRS.
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. BUILDING MIDTOWN TUNNEL. WEEHAUKEN, NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK CITY. 11/10/34.
CONSTRUCTION OF 36TH STREET HUDSON RIVER TUNNEL. MACHINERY. EQUIPMENT AND MEN WORKING. MEN HOSING DOWN BRICKS AS THEY FALL TO QUASH BRICK DUST HIGHLIGHTS: 01 08 47 MEN EXITING DECOMPRESSION CHAMBER |
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MEN INSIDE CHAMBER HOLD THEIR NOSES TO MAKE THEIR EARS POP AS PRESSURE CHANGES. (COULD PASS AS SUBMARINE).
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CU AIR PRESSURE GAUGE
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WORKER TURNING-OPENING VALVE
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NEEDLE ON GAUGE GOES DOWN
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MEN DEMOLISHING BUILDING. KNOCKING BRICKS DOWN BY HAND.
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MAN LOADS DEBRIS ONTO BACK OF TRUCK
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HS WORKERS ON TOP OF BUILDING. DEMOLITION TEAMS, TEARING DOWN BUILDINGS
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HUGE CRANE LIFTS BUCKET OF ROCKS OUT OF CONSTRUCTION HOLE & DUMPS IT INTO DUMP TRUCK
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HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF CONSTRUCTION SITE WITH HUDSON RIVER IN DISTANCE.
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MASSIVE STRUCTURE ON SIDE OF RIVER IN WHICH DECOMPRESSION CHAMBERS ARE.
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WORKERS COMING OUT OF TUNNEL DOOR.
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. BUILDING MIDTOWN TUNNEL. NEW YORK CITY. 11/8/34.
DECOMPRESSION CHAMBER, COULD PASS AS SUBMARINE. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 19 30 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ENTERING AIR LOCK CHAMBER. |
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CONSTRUCTION WORKERS LEAVING AIR LOCK CHAMBER
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WORKERS PREPARING FOR DROP IN PRESSURE, HOLDING NOSE &
BLOWING POPPING EARS |
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CU AIR PRESSURE GAUGE MOVING UP THEN DOWN
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INTERIOR OF AIR LOCK CHAMBER
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WORKER TURNS VALVE CLOSED OR OPEN.
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NEW RAILROAD BEING BUILT. OZARK, ARKANSAS. 8/14/25.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILWAY IS BUILDING NEW RAILROAD & HAVE TO TUNNEL UNDER OZARK MOUNTAINS. ARMY OF MEN, WORKING DAY & NIGHT, ON PROJECT. THE MOST COMPLETE & MODERN ENGINE ROOM EVER INSTALLED FOR THE BUILDING OF A TUNNEL. ENGINE ROOM COST $100,000. INCLUDES HUGE AIR COMPRESSORS & FOUR SETS OF GENERATORS. HIGHLIGHTS: 01 23 04 HEAVY MACHINERY IN ENGINE ROOM |
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MEN DIGGING IN TUNNEL WITH HELP OF SMALL STEAM SHOVEL WHICH SCOOPS UP ROCKS & DIRT & DEPOSITS THEM IN HOPPERS.
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SMALL TRAIN OF LONG LINE OF HOPPERS FILLED WITH ROCKS, ARE DRIVEN OUT OF TUNNEL BY MINER. FOLLOWD BY WORKERS EXITING TUNNEL THROUGH HEAVY CLOUD OF DUST.
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HOPPERS LADEN WITH LARGE STONES ARE TIPPED OVER &
EMPTIED IN SEQUENCE. |
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WORKER'S RESIDENCES. DORMITORY BUILDINGS LINED UP NEAR TUNNEL SITE.
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STEAM SHOVEL SCOOPS UP HUGE BUCKETS OF DIRT AT BASE OF HILL, DEPOSITS IT IN HOPPERS AT TOP OF HILL.
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WORKERS FILL CART WITH STONES, PUSH IT ALONG TRACKS
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PAN DOWN WOODEN TOWER-SCAFOLDING.
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