Bankers Trust Annex Construction Photographs 1931-33
Photo #030
Photograph courtesy The Skyscraper Museum
 

The combination of temporary roadways and derricks allow excavation for the foundations of the Bankers Trust annex to proceed below the level of the existing basement before the Hanover National Bank Building is completely demolished. Construction of an inclined roadway into the excavation would have required more room than was available in the area of the lot between Pine Street and Wall Street.