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April 1918. Washington, D.C. "Downtown construction." Another perspective on the excavation work. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
are still around, albeit now in King of Prussia.
Kudos to timeandagainphoto for identifying the construction site: remarkable detective work.
More information on Thew Type-O steam shovels: detailed photos of mechanisms and description of operator controls.
I was stumped about the location of the construction until Dave posted this second one. The photographs are of the construction of the Treasury Annex building on Pennsylvania Avenue across the street from the main Treasury building and next door to Riggs Bank on the corner of 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. This view is looking southeast from what is now Madison Place. While the rather large sign makes it fairly obvious, it can be confirmed by the building in the background on the right side of the frame. That building was on the corner of 15th Street and G Street and can be seen in the picture below (note the details around the windows).
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