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Riker's Island, New York City, 1903 - early Thomas Edison film

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BOF1066350
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Riker's Island, New York City, 1903 - early Thomas Edison film
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Date
1903 AD (C20th AD)
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Riker's Island was the site of a massive New York City landfill operation at the time of the filming. The film includes scenes of heavy equipment at work, including pile drivers constructing the seawall and steam shovels unloading rubbish from barges. On one of the steam shovels, a sign reading "Water Front Improvement Co., 220 Broadway, New York" can be distinguished. Near the end of the film, a narrow-gauge steam engine with five open cars loaded with landfill, comes into view. The island is currently the site of a New York City penitentiary.

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20th century / USA / North America / America (continent) / New York (city) / New York (state) / 20th century / nineteenth century / new york city / heavy equipment / islands / landmarks / landmark / pile drivers / places / early film / travel / film beginnings / archival / archive / north america / construction / turn of the century / industry / motion picture / black and white / footage / twentieth century / steam shovel / silent / landfill / manhattan / 1903 / c20 / riker's island / usa / travelogue / thomas edison / video / clip
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Largest available format 720 × 576 px 808 MB
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Footage 720 × 576 px 808.3 MB 141
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