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Sorting refuse at incinerating plant, New York City / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- New York at the turn of the century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Incinerators--New York (State)--New York.
- Incinerators.
- Refuse and refuse disposal--New York (State)--New York.
- Refuse and refuse disposal.
- Sanitation workers--New York (State)--New York.
- Sanitation workers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 min.).
- Other Title:
- Sorting refuse at incinerating plant
- Place of Publication:
- United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- The subject is a group of about thirty men and boys who are sorting combustible refuse, mostly paper, and stuffing it into large sacks. In the background a man in a hat with an emblem on it can be seen unloading trash from a large wagon. Location may be the New York City Sanitation Department's East 17th Street facility, or possibly the incinerator at West 47th Street on the Hudson River.
- Notes:
- Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 20May1903; H32038.
- Original duration: 1:42 at 15 fps.
- Previously published as DVD.
- OCLC:
- 701797954
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