Swinging a form for the concrete high speed basin into place. The workmen are standing in the place where the unique concrete hinges of the arched roof will be
4 x 5 in. or smaller
- Date
- 1938
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 8,062 × 10,089 pixels
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"Swinging a form for the concrete high speed basin into place. The workmen are standing in the place where the unique concrete hinges of the arched roof will be" (1938). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swinging_a_form_for_the_concrete_high_speed_basin_into_place._The_workmen_are_standing_in_the_place_where_the_unique_concrete_hinges_of_the_arched_roof_will_be_LCCN2016874348.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 297374.
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