P&H cable shovel demolishing a site for the eventual construction of the Albany Rensselaer Bridge. The work is taking place next to a wholesale grocers building, railroad tracks and a railyard are also in view. A sign for Booth and Flinn Co. General Contractors (Pittsburgh, Pa.) is in the background along with several buildings. The City of Rensselaer is in view across the Hudson River. The image is a construction progress photograph taken by the Dept. of Public Works (related photograph file number 161).

Identifier
NYSA_17672-92_B09_161_001

Date Original
March 21 1932

Language
English

Source
New York State Archives. Transportation and state facilities related photographs and photo logs, [ca. 1920-1980] New York (State). Dept. of Transportation. Graphic Arts Unit. Series 17672-92, Box 9, photograph file 161, negative 001.

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