Excavation pour le bloc "M" au coin nord-ouest du bris. - 19 février 1914

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Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)

Dates

19 février 1914 (indexed as 1914)

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item

Extent

1 photographie : négatif sur pellicule de nitrate de cellulose : n&b. ; 10,0 x 12,7 cm

Scope & content

Photo d'une excavation faite autour d'un bloc de ciment, situé au coin nord-ouest du bris de la canalisation latérale du canal de l'aqueduc. Du fond de l'excavation, un ouvrier sourit au photographe. La photographie porte le numéro 69 inscrit dans le coin inférieur gauche. Titre original de l'index : "Excavation for Block "M" at N.W. corner of break, Feb. 19/14."

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What the image shows

A black-and-white photograph looking down into a deep excavation whose earthen walls expose a large concrete structure with a rough, pitted surface and a corrugated metal sheet overhead. A worker in a flat cap and dark jacket is at the right edge of the pit, smiling toward the camera, while another figure is partly visible at the bottom left. The handwritten number 69 appears in the lower left corner and a faint watermark reads Archives de la Ville de Montréal in the lower right.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

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AqueductBrickConcrete StructureConstruction IndustryConstruction SiteConstruction WorkerExcavationExterior ViewFoundationManTrenchTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

Text in the image

X69Read automatically; may contain mistakes.

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2026-10-20T15:32:56Z · source datestamp n/a · ead

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• imageOpen original at source ↗VM117-Y-1P0069ANIT.jpg