Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y.

Resource Information

The work Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y. 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

Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y.

Statement of responsibility

Thomas A. Edison, Inc

Contributor

• Thomas A. Edison, Inc
• Porter, Edwin S.

Subject

• Barges -- New York (State) | New York
• Construction equipment -- New York (State) | New York
• East River (N.Y.)
• Islands -- New York (State) | New York
• Narrow gauge railroads -- New York (State) | New York
• Refuse and refuse disposal -- New York (State) | New York
• Rikers Island (N.Y.)
• Rivers -- New York (State) | New York
• Sanitary landfills -- New York (State) | New York
• Waste disposal sites -- New York (State) | New York

Language

eng

Summary

The film was photographed from a boat going around Riker's Island. Located on the East River north of Hell Gate between the Bronx and Queens, Riker's Island was the site of a massive New York City landfill operation at the time of the filming (originally eighty-seven acres, by 1939 the size of the island had increased to four hundred acres). The film includes scenes of heavy equipment at work, including pile drivers constructing the seawall and steam shovels unloading rubbish from barges. On one of the steam shovels, a sign reading "Water Front Improvement Co., 220 Broadway, New York" can be distinguished. Near the end of the film, a narrow-gauge steam engine with five open cars loaded with landfill, comes into view. The island is currently the site of a New York City penitentiary

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Cataloging source

DLC

Characteristic

motion picture

Runtime

2

Series statement

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

Technique

live action