A submerged pile driver at work under a bombed out steel bridge in Italy, circa 1944-1945.
U.S. Army Signal Corp photograph, Gift in Memory of William F. Caddell, Sr., from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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38.Photograph. A pile driving machine submerged almost to the top of its tracks prepares to move so it can drive piling under a bombed out steel bridge. A GI stands on the pilings waiting to guide the pile driver into place. Probably 3131 Signal Service Co. Italy. Circa 1944-45
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Signal Corps photographs from the service of William F. Caddell, Sr. taken from the Fall of Rome through the end of the war.
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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Bridges--Italy
Bombardment--Italy
War damage--Italy
Pile drivers--Italy