International records / UK National Archives

Photograph of pile-driving on the Burutu Wharf Extension, March 1929

GB1752.UAC/1/11/9/17/70 | UAC Public Relations Department.UAC Public Relations Department: Photograph Albums.UAC Public Relations Department: Niger Company Album. | The pile driving machine can be seen from a distance set on tracks on the wharf. The machine appears to have six platforms which are reached by a sort of ladder. Spaced along the track in front of the machine are columns of wood waiting to be driven. A number of African workers can be seen standing on the wharf and the machine along with one European man who is walking away from the machine. One of the African workers is stood on T…