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Sorting refuse at incinerating plant, New York City
| 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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Year: | 1903 |
Genre: | Historical |
Keywords: | Refuse and refuse disposal--New York (State)--New York; Sanitation workers--New York (State)--New York; Incinerators--New York (State)--New York; Actuality--Short; |
Duration: | 00:01:42 |
Color: | No |
Sound: | No |
Amount of Motion: | Medium |
Language: | English |
Sponsor: | Thomas Edison |
Contributing Organization: | Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division |
Transcript Available: | No |
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Digitizing Organization: | Library of Congress |