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Large Shovel Digging
Large shovel digging away at granite rocks. Caption says, "A-21 Altus Project. The large shovel at work cutting the earth and rocks away from the foot of the mountains for the rock quarry. The type of engine used in the Northwest Drag line and dual crowd shovel. It has a caterpillar Diesel 100 horse power engine."
Date:
October 23, 1940
Creator:
Breitenstein, Frank C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shovel Moving Rock
Large shovel in foreground moving granite rocks. Caption says, "A-22 Altus Project. Northwest Shovel moving rock and dirt from side of Rattlesnake Mountain. Slabs of rock will cut from the solid face of granite and hewn into square and rectangular blocks for masonry material in the construction of Altus Dam. Photograph taken from photo station #3 on west side of quarry. Wagon drilling outfit above cab of shovel."
Date:
October 23, 1940
Creator:
Breitenstein, Frank C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History