Beacon Park coal pocket with locomotives, Allston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8562-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1902

GUSN

GUSN-384167

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Allston
Beacon Park coal pocket with locomotives, Allston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8562-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Allston

Description

The image shows the Beacon Park coal pocket with locomotives in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. In the foreground, railroad tracks lead towards a large coal-loading structure. There are piles of coal on either side. Several locomotives are visible on the tracks beneath the structure.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
coal
coaling stations
locomotives
photographs
negatives (photographic)
gelatin dry plate negatives

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013202
B-Series negative 8562-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.020.8562-B

Date Notes

Created month: 07

Places

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

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

negatives (photographic)
gelatin dry plate negatives

Description Level

Item

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