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Photograph of pile-driving on the Burutu Wharf Extension

GB1752.UAC/1/11/9/17/72 | UAC Public Relations Department.UAC Public Relations Department: Photograph Albums.UAC Public Relations Department: Niger Company Album. | Photograph is very similar to that of UAC/1/11/9/17/70. 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. The European man is stood on a plank of wood faci…