| 01:00:01 0.9 |
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. |
| 01:00:35 35.9 |
ROLLING MINING CARS ALONG TRACKS
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| 01:01:21 80.9 |
LIFTING DEBRIS-FILLED CARTS OUT OF TUNNEL USING CRANE.
|
| 01:02:30 149.9 |
BLACK WORKERS USING JACK-HAMMER UNDERGROUND IN MINES
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| 01:03:53 233.9 |
TUNNEL WORKERS DRILLING HOLES IN ROCK WALLS. SEXUAL
INNUENDO LOOKS LIKE TWO MEN MASTURBATING |
| 01:04:54 294.9 |
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. |
| 01:06:25 384.9 |
TUNNEL WORKERS COMING TO WORK. WALK DOWN WOODEN STAIRS
& INTO DECOMPRESSION CHAMBER. |
| 01:06:54 413.9 |
CART FULL OF ROCKS, DEBRIS ROLLS OUT OF TUNNEL
|
| 01:07:16 435.9 |
TUNNEL WORKERS LEAVING TUNNEL ENTRANCE, GOING UP STAIRS.
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| 01:08:37 516.9 |
. 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 |
| 01:09:14 553.9 |
MEN INSIDE CHAMBER HOLD THEIR NOSES TO MAKE THEIR EARS
POP AS PRESSURE CHANGES. (COULD PASS AS SUBMARINE). |
| 01:10:12 611.9 |
CU AIR PRESSURE GAUGE
|
| 01:10:18 618.9 |
WORKER TURNING-OPENING VALVE
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| 01:10:42 642.9 |
NEEDLE ON GAUGE GOES DOWN
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| 01:10:52 652.9 |
MEN DEMOLISHING BUILDING. KNOCKING BRICKS DOWN BY HAND.
|
| 01:11:46 706.9 |
MAN LOADS DEBRIS ONTO BACK OF TRUCK
|
| 01:12:07 726.9 |
HS WORKERS ON TOP OF BUILDING. DEMOLITION TEAMS, TEARING
DOWN BUILDINGS |
| 01:13:06 785.9 |
HUGE CRANE LIFTS BUCKET OF ROCKS OUT OF CONSTRUCTION
HOLE & DUMPS IT INTO DUMP TRUCK |
| 01:13:55 835.9 |
HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF CONSTRUCTION SITE WITH HUDSON RIVER
IN DISTANCE. |
| 01:16:27 986.9 |
MASSIVE STRUCTURE ON SIDE OF RIVER IN WHICH
DECOMPRESSION CHAMBERS ARE. |
| 01:17:14 1033.9 |
WORKERS COMING OUT OF TUNNEL DOOR.
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| 01:19:25 1164.9 |
. 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. |
| 01:20:04 1203.9 |
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS LEAVING AIR LOCK CHAMBER
|
| 01:20:23 1223.9 |
WORKERS PREPARING FOR DROP IN PRESSURE, HOLDING NOSE &
BLOWING POPPING EARS |
| 01:20:46 1246.9 |
CU AIR PRESSURE GAUGE MOVING UP THEN DOWN
|
| 01:22:18 1337.9 |
INTERIOR OF AIR LOCK CHAMBER
|
| 01:22:32 1352.9 |
WORKER TURNS VALVE CLOSED OR OPEN.
|
| 01:22:58 1378.9 |
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 |
| 01:23:33 1412.9 |
MEN DIGGING IN TUNNEL WITH HELP OF SMALL STEAM SHOVEL
WHICH SCOOPS UP ROCKS & DIRT & DEPOSITS THEM IN HOPPERS. |
| 01:24:15 1454.9 |
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. |
| 01:25:04 1503.9 |
HOPPERS LADEN WITH LARGE STONES ARE TIPPED OVER &
EMPTIED IN SEQUENCE. |
| 01:25:41 1540.9 |
WORKER'S RESIDENCES. DORMITORY BUILDINGS LINED UP NEAR
TUNNEL SITE. |
| 01:25:52 1552.9 |
STEAM SHOVEL SCOOPS UP HUGE BUCKETS OF DIRT AT BASE OF
HILL, DEPOSITS IT IN HOPPERS AT TOP OF HILL. |
| 01:26:51 1610.9 |
WORKERS FILL CART WITH STONES, PUSH IT ALONG TRACKS
|
| 01:27:14 1633.9 |
PAN DOWN WOODEN TOWER-SCAFOLDING.
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Year: 1925-1934
Color: Black & White
Genre: BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION
Specialty CollectionGenre: BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION
Description: TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION
