Construction looking west from Richardson Street, Main Line, Newton, Massachusetts, 8756-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384490

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Description

The image shows a construction site along a railway line in Newton, Massachusetts, looking west from Richardson Street. Numerous workers are present, engaged in various tasks amidst large stones and railway tracks. Wooden structures and residential buildings line both sides of the site, and a bridge extends over the tracks in the distance. Telegraph poles are visible, and the area appears to be an excavation or relocation of the railway.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
freight trains
rolling stock
construction (assembling)
bridges (built works)
workers
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013396
B-Series negative 8756-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

PC015.002.390.8756-B

Places

Newton (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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