(CONSTRUCTION) An album with 72 photographs documenting the construction of Municipal Pier No. 30 South, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The pier was located at Kenilworth Street at Delaware River waterfront, Southwark. Department of Wharves, Docks & Ferries. Contractor F.W. Mark Co. The photographs showing the progress of each part of the engineering and architectural aspects of constructing Pier 30, including the site, workers with the city or river in the background, machinery, the growing structure, and finally the completed building and its opening ceremony. Including two photographs documenting the architectural plans. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), mounted recto/verso, each with a typed caption in the negative. Oblong small folio, lacking the cover; twin-bolt binding. 1917-21
