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Lot 117

Construction of Tel Aviv Sewage System – Photo-Albums, 1948

Two photo-albums documenting the construction of a sewage system in Tel Aviv flowing into the sea. Tel Aviv, 1948.
Dedications to the engineers of the project appear in both albums: "To the municipal engineer Mr. Y. Shifman…"; "To Mr. Ben Sira the municipal engineer, initiator of the sewage system…". October 1948. Photographs of pipeline placing, canals digging, construction on the beach, workers and engineers. One album documents the sewage system through Trumpeldor street. 41 photographs 24X 18 cm; 29 photographs 17X12 cm, in two separate albums. Good condition.