Tower #8 at Brookline Junction, start of the Highland Branch, Brookline, Mass., 9627-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-381400

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Description

The image shows Tower #8 at Brookline Junction, which is the start of the Highland Branch in Brookline, Massachusetts. A two-story building with a pitched roof and external stairway is situated beside several railway tracks. In the background, there is a truss bridge and utility poles along with some foliage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroad stations
towers (single built works)
railroads
bridges (built works)
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP002547
B-Series negative 9627-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

1966

Reference Code

PC015.002.160.9627-B

Places

Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Subjects

Railroads

Description Level

Item

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