View along tracks, Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts, 8799-B

Description

The image shows railway tracks at Newton Centre in Newton, Massachusetts. There are workers next to the tracks, alongside various construction materials and equipment. A wooden structure is visible on the left, and utility poles line the right side of the tracks. There is an elevated platform or walkway with people and a building further in the background.

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Descriptive Terms

railroads
construction (assembling)
workers
surveyors
pile drivers
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013439
B-Series negative 8799-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

PC015.002.460.8799-B

Places

Newton Center (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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View along tracks, Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts, 8799-B

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