Coal trestle, just west of Newton Centre Station, Newton, Massachusetts, 8839-B

Description

The image depicts a coal trestle located just west of Newton Centre Station in Newton, Massachusetts. Visible are multiple railway tracks in the foreground, with a wooden trestle structure built over a pile of coal. Several buildings and trees can be seen in the background.

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Descriptive Terms

railroads
coal
trestles (bridges)
houses
residential structures
exterior views
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013479
B-Series negative 8839-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

PC015.002.460.8839-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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Coal trestle, just west of Newton Centre Station, Newton, Massachusetts, 8839-B

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