Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›At Last - Wooden Manhole Cover To determine if their newly designed wooden manhole cover will carry traffic weight satisfactorily, two Los Angeles county officials check the measurements of the street lid. They are Col. Carl. H. Reese (left) superintendent of the maintenance department, and Alfred Jones, surveyor. County specifications require the cover to be pressure-treated with either Wolman salts or creosote.
At Last - Wooden Manhole Cover To determine if their newly designed wooden manhole cover will carry traffic weight satisfactorily, two Los Angeles county officials check the measurements of the street lid. They are Col. Carl. H. Reese (left) superintendent of the maintenance department, and Alfred Jones, surveyor. County specifications require the cover to be pressure-treated with either Wolman salts or creosote.
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At Last - Wooden Manhole Cover To determine if their newly designed wooden manhole cover will carry traffic weight satisfactorily, two Los Angeles county officials check the measurements of the street lid. They are Col. Carl. H. Reese (left) superintendent of the maintenance department, and Alfred Jones, surveyor. County specifications require the cover to be pressure-treated with either Wolman salts or creosote.

Wide World Photos, Inc. · [ca. November 1942]

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