Main Line, work at Appleton Street, showing steam shovel and work on walls, Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, 8470-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1897-04-08

GUSN

GUSN-384243

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Newton (Newtonville)
Main Line, work at Appleton Street, showing steam shovel and work on walls, Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, 8470-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Newton (Newtonville)

Description

The image shows a construction site at Appleton Street in Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts. A steam shovel is actively working on the site, surrounded by construction materials and partially built walls. There are multiple workers on-site, visible among the railway tracks and equipment, with residential buildings and trees in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
freight trains
rolling stock
steam shovels
construction (assembling)
workers
houses
residential structures
exterior views
fences
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013110
B-Series negative 8470-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.420.8470-B

Places

Newtonville (Newton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [part of inhabited place]

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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