1897-06-14
GUSN-384290
The image shows a construction site of a railway line in Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, looking west from Walnut Street. There is a train track with large stone blocks on a flatbed rail car. Several workers are visible, some standing near an excavation in progress. On either side of the track, there are embankments with a fence on top, and trees are visible along the right and left edges of the image. A bridge is seen in the distance.
railroads
freight trains
rolling stock
construction (assembling)
workers
bridges (built works)
fences
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
IMLS Negative Barcode NP013157
B-Series negative 8517-B
1 glass plate negative
PC015
Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
PC015.002.420.8517-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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