[Wyman Dam footage] NHF Reel 10

0698.0001
Maine
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NHF notes: Wyman Station workprint, reel one. Fancy titles. 'Wyman Station. Central Maine Power Company. Glimpses of construction on the Kennebec River at Bingham, Maine.' Central Maine Power film of construction of Wyman Station. Has titles. Begins with aerial view. Shots of site in 1928. Drawn plan for construction. Cars going over combination railroad and vehicular bridge. Partially built core wall. Pan of huge site. Drawn core wall plans. Caisson workers climbing up from airtight locks. Hand shoveling concrete into caissons. Aerial shot of trucks, tractors carrying fill. Contrasty silhouette of truck caravan. Daggettville, the town created for the workers. Children riding inside tires. Site in 1930 including Kennebec River. Crane or other construction machine moving gravel. Gravel on conveyor. Washing gravel in huge drums. More conveying of gravel. Mixing plant. Rail transport. Crane operation. Title: End of Reel 1.

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