Easily one of my favorite shots of the construction at the Magic Kingdom. I think the logistics of the work being done are absolutely brilliant from this photo (seeing as how my father was an Engineer and did this for a living ... I was the black sheep, I went into...

Water and docks were far more important to the general planning at WDW than at Disneyland (for obvious reasons). Fortunately, Roy had Walt's ex-U.S. Navy Admiral to call upon for this task (and frankly, the entire building of WDW), Admiral Joseph Fowler.Enjoy!

It should be obvious by now I am not going in chronological order (thought about it, but there was too much to choose from). Also thought about writing a haiku for each photo, but since the purpose of DHI is to bring people to the Institute to learn and enjoy, that...

And more big equipment would arrive to help build Disney's World. For some reason, this is one of the more famous pre-opening photos of Walt Disney World. It was used by quite a few wire services and the result is it ended up in numerous newspaper and magazine...

Needless to say a lot of shrubbery (NI! with all apologies to Monty Python) needed to be whacked, weeded, and used. The latter thanks to the brilliant insight of Walt Disney's hand-picked gardner (for Walt's home and Disneyland, and thus, WDW) Bill Evans.Enjoy!

Not only did the muck and mire need a place to go, but so did a lot of the water. Drainage was key, and as such, canals were built through this new and wondrous world.Enjoy!

Of course that muck and mire (aka swamp) needs somewhere to go, and big dump trucks to take it there. They learned quickly it worked quite well as landfill.Enjoy!