Crossing of the Highland Branch (now the MBTA) over Boylston Street Route #9, showing old Boston & Worcester trolley tracks, old bridge #317 seen in the background (replaced with widening of Route #9), Eliot, Newton, Massachusetts, 6385-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-383640

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Newton
Crossing of the Highland Branch (now the MBTA) over Boylston Street Route #9, showing old Boston & Worcester trolley tracks, old bridge #317 seen in the background (replaced with widening of Route #9), Eliot, Newton, Massachusetts, 6385-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Newton

Description

The image depicts the former Highland Branch rail crossing over Boylston Street (Route #9) in Eliot, Newton, Massachusetts. Featured prominently is the old Bridge #317, located in the background, with the Boston & Worcester trolley tracks visible below. Snow covers the ground, and a series of billboards can be seen along the roadside.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
bridges (built works)
roads
snow (precipitation)
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP012541
B-Series negative 6385-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

PC015.002.390.6385-B

Places

Eliot (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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