Visual Materials

Old Court House site wall and tunnel coming down

Description: Construction workers watch as crane with a dragline bucket demolishes the granite retaining wall and tunnel from the top down.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 7/20/1961
Call number: photCL 486
Creator: Conner, Palmer(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Gina Dunseth, 2004.
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