P7829

Save to My account Previous record Next record

the%20wreckage%20of%20Pile%20Driver%20No.1%2C%20after%20it%20collapsed%20at%20the%20Canadian%20Steel%20Corp.%20construction%20site%2C%20Ojibway

Details

ID Number

P7829

Item Name

image

Title

Pile Driver No.1 collapse, Canadian Steel Corp. Ltd. construction site / Destruction de le marteau-pilon numéro 1 sur le chantier de construction de la société canadienne d'acier Canadian Steel

Title (Fre)

Destruction de le marteau-pilon numéro 1 sur le chantier de construction de la société canadienne d'acier Canadian Steel

Date

ca 1919

Description

Photo of the wreckage of Pile Driver No.1, after it collapsed at the Canadian Steel Corp. construction site, Ojibway (Ont.); it appears to have been a rail-mounted piece of motorized machinery; the hoisting tower for the pilings has broken completely in half; frames, pilings and refuse is scattered on all sides of the pile driver; the cause of the accident or failure is not recorded.

Place made

Canada - Ontario - Windsor

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subjects

Accidents

Building failures / Affaisements d’immeubles

Canadian Steel Corporation Ltd. / Société canadienne de l'acier Canadian Steel ltd.

Construction industry / Industrie du bâtiment

Hoisting machinery / Grues

Logs / Bûches

Ojibway (Ont.)

Pile drivers / Marteaux-pilons

Pilings (Civil engineering) / Pilons (génie civil) Bûches

Railroad tracks / Voie ferrée

Refuse / Ordures

Steel industry / Industrie sidérurgique

Noticed a mistake?

Please let us know if you spotted something incorrect or may have more information on this object.