Coal pocket at Beacon Park Yard, Allston, Boston, Massachusetts, 5787-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-383051

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Description

The image depicts a railway yard at Beacon Park in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. Multiple train tracks are visible with rail cars positioned on them. In the center, a row of rail cars appears to be loaded with coal, as indicated by the visible piles on top. The coal pocket is present beside the tracks. Utility poles run alongside the railway lines.

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Descriptive Terms

coal
storage facilities
railroad yards
railroads
freight trains
rolling stock
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP011771
B-Series negative 5787-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

Date of Acquisition

1965

Reference Code

PC015.002.020.5787-B

Places

Allston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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