1890-1925
GUSN-384285
The image depicts a steam shovel operating just west of Brackett's shed, near Harvard, in Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts. In the foreground, there is a railway track with earthmoving equipment and a steam locomotive visible. On the left, a line of freight cars is seen on a parallel track, while residential houses and trees are visible in the background.
railroads
freight trains
rolling stock
steam shovels
construction (assembling)
houses
residential structures
exterior views
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
IMLS Negative Barcode NP013152
B-Series negative 8512-B
1 glass plate negative
PC015
Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
PC015.002.420.8512-B
Newtonville (Newton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [part of inhabited place]
Boston and Albany Railroad Co.
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
Item
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