Subjects like this too often don't get photographed. Then, in the future the photos become more valuable when the history of the area becomes subject matter for whatever reason.
I used to work as a drafter at the utility company when I lived in Spokane, Washington. They had a physical vault where they stored the drawings which also housed hundreds of books of photographs. They used to photograph the construction projects (mostly electrical and gas line installs) for reference. Of course, the photographers only needed a few shots (at most) of each project so they would burn up the rest of the roll of film on other subjects such as schools, buildings etc. I used to spend a lot of time looking through these books (boss thought I was working)
You could literally see what normal life in Spokane looked like (aside from the scenic type of historical shots normally published) in about the last 100 years.
Wow, what great value (and intrigue) these photos have. And to think, at the time the photographs were being created they probably didn't realize the significance of their work.
Someday, somebody might be looking at this same image saying "so that's what that old bridge in the park looked like when it was built"....
Good job Mark
Star! That's what I thought - thus my question 
