Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, Sta. 630+53, Shaft 7, Rutland, Mass., Aug. 2, 1929

Title:: Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, Sta. 630+53, Shaft 7, Rutland, Mass., Aug. 2, 1929
Creator:: Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission
Photographer:: Remington, Carl A., 1902-1982
Date:: August 2, 1929
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Location:: Massachusetts Archives
Collection (local):: Massachusetts. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission, Quabbin Reservoir / Metropolitan District Commission, Construction Division, Contract Construction Photographs
Subjects:: waterworks
aqueducts
construction sites
geological formations
schist
pegmatite
Places:: Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Rutland
Extent:: 1 photograph : print ; sheet 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 format)
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/66831888t
Terms of Use:: No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.

Notes:: Title supplied by cataloger.
Print in album volume MDWSC, Contract 17, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Tunnel West and Shaft 8, Volume 1, Chief Engineer set
Typed on back: Intersecting crush zones. The point of intersection is the lower right center. One extends diagonally downward from the upper left corner, the other more steeply from the upper right. The lower zone dips 30degrees to the west and upper 40degrees to the west. The rock is a schist containing pegmatite. The striae are parallel to the dip and the west (right) side has moved downward.
Notes (acquisition):: Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission; Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Accession #:: EN4.12/889X.MDWSC.C.0017.0034.Chief.Engineer
Identifier:: MDWSC_C_0017_0034_CE

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