2018.110.039
Print, Photographic
One black and white photograph of the work operations for laying an underwater telephone cable across the Trenton Channel of the lower Detroit River. Five Michigan Bell Telephone company engineers (wearing hardhats) are standing near the Grosse Ile shoreline in the lower foreground. Three workmen are standing or seated on the shoreline in front of them. A group of small trees is visible at the far right side of the photo. A Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Company barge with a cable reel and crane can be seen on the river in the center right area of the photo. The tugboats, Paddy Miles and Sachem, can be seen on the left side of the barge. In the far background, the hazy outline of the Trenton shoreline is faintly visible.
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