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Construction Workers Excavating for NYC Subway
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Workers are removing dirt for the construction of the New York City subway with a Bucyrus shovel loader and an International truck. The workers are below street level, and buildings rise above them in the background.
August 19, 1925
International Harvester Company
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Excavation for New York City Subway
1925
View looking down at workers at work below street level, with cranes and International trucks excavating area for the future New York City subway. On the right people are watching from along a stre...
Workers Load Dirt into International Heavy-Duty Truck
1929
Workers are looking on as a Bucyrus Erie excavating crane is loading dirt into the bed of an International heavy-duty dump truck.
International Trucks Advertising Poster
1925
Advertising poster for International trucks. Features an illustration of men using an International heavy-duty truck at a subway construction site, a list of IHC branches across the nation, and the...
International Model HS-104 Dump Truck
1929
Group of men working with a Bucyrus-Erie power shovel and dump truck. Hall-Scott powered dump truck with chain drive. 4 Cylinder, Overhead Cam, Hall-Scott engine. 3+2 speed transmission. The truck ...
Steam Shovel Excavation
August 28, 1929
Steam shovel operators excavate for the construction of the Lake View Tuberculosis Sanitarium boiler house at 1202 Northport Drive.
Men at Construction Site
April 5, 1927
Men stand near an excavator or steam shovel as it loads an International dump truck at a construction site. The site is surrounded with multi-storied buildings. The men may be working on the New Yo...
