2019.011.1.49 Wall completed, fill almost completed

Accession Num: 2019.011.1.49

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Document Date: 1956-04- - 1956-05-

Donors: Morris Wadds

Creators: Bill Wadds

Keywords: 1950s, barge, Broadwater Road, Columbia River, pile driver, Robson East wharf (1956), Waldie Avenue, and wharf construction

Locations: Robson

Physical Description:
1 b/w photograph (11.5 cm x 8.2 cm)

Notes:
Boy resting on wall after cantilever retaining wall is partially filled with gravel, construction of new Robson East wharf, Columbia River, 1956. Piledriver at centre. Notes: 'Yet to be done:—Drive fender piles–every 10'. Timbers–chocks, guards, fenders, rubber-bumpers. 4" hot-mix blacktop.'

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