Martin Digital History

Crane loading rocks onto barge, 1926

Item

Title

Crane loading rocks onto barge, 1926

Description

Large crane, using train tracks, with load of large rocks coming to or being picked up from a barge.

Published in the South Florida Developer (13 Aug 1926) with the caption: "Steady progress is being made at St. Lucie [typo omitted] in unloading rock from barges by this steam derrick and transferring it over the railroad pictured here to the ocean front where it is dumped to construct the north jetty. A crew of nearly one hundred men is engaged in this operation and work is being pushed as fast as possible."

Source

Scan gift of Josephine Paradise.

Date

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

Black and white print, 8x6 inches

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

JP-2026-018-c72-017
2026.018

Coverage

Original Format

Photographic print

Citation

“Crane loading rocks onto barge, 1926,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/20117.