Sorting refuse at incinerating plant, New York City /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903.
Description:	1 online resource (1 streaming video file (2 min.))
Language:	English
Series:	American history in video New York at the turn of the century American history in video.
Subject:	Incinerators -- New York (State) -- New York. Refuse and refuse disposal -- New York (State) -- New York. Sanitation workers -- New York (State) -- New York. Incinerators. Refuse and refuse disposal. Sanitation workers. New York (State) -- New York.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13665660

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Varying Form of Title:	Sorting refuse at incinerating plant
Other authors / contributors:	Porter, Edwin S., camera. Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Notes:	Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 20May1903; H32038. Original duration: 1:42 at 15 fps.
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.

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