Film

[WATER TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Pre-cast concrete lining blocks on flatcars - block and tackle removing blocks from cars, worker attaching crane hook - blocks being lowered into hole - hydraulically operated arm pushing block to ceiling of tunnel, men securing block to ceiling - two men observing progress of tunnel - workers using block and tackle to remove pre-cast concrete block from car on rails, attaching it to erector arm, arm swinging up to ceiling of tunnel - workers in tunnel, men pushing loaded and unloaded mine cars in and out of tunnel - two men wearing slickers in tunnel - workers in and on joint of huge pipe sticking out of ground, ladders and scaffolding around it, construction in background - crane removing huge rotary blades from pipe - close-up - blades being lowered into hole, workers guiding - pre-cast concrete blocks on flatcars - crane removing blocks, placing them in piles - worker attaching hook to block, crane lowering blocks into hole - crane lifting box of rock and dirt from hole. [1930]

  • Part of Ford Motor Company Collection, Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects

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