New York City dumping wharf

Resource Information

The work New York City dumping wharf represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

New York City dumping wharf

Statement of responsibility

Thomas A. Edison, Inc

Title variation

NYC dumping wharf

Contributor

• Thomas A. Edison, Inc
• Smith, James Blair

Subject

• Barges -- New York (State) | New York
• Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) | New York
• Piers -- New York (State) | New York
• Refuse and refuse disposal -- New York (State) | New York
• Rivers -- New York (State) | New York
• Sanitation workers -- New York (State) | New York
• Waterfronts -- New York (State) | New York
• Wharves -- New York (State) | New York

Language

eng

Summary

The film shows a wharf where a barge is being loaded with trash from two-wheeled, horse-drawn wagons. The trash is dumped off the edge of the pier onto the barge, where men with shovels are spreading the piles of debris. The camera pans left to the next barge, where four-wheeled carts are shown dumping excavation rubble. Probably filmed on the East River, this is one of several New York City Sanitation Department dumping wharves in operation at the time

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Cataloging source

DLC

Characteristic

motion picture

Runtime

1

Series statement

• New York at the turn of the century
• American history in video

Technique

live action