View of steam shovel in cut east of Langley Road during lowering operations of the Highland Branch tracks, Newton Centre, Newton, Mass., 9610-B

Description

The image shows a steam shovel operating in a cut alongside a wall and a raised section of train tracks. Several workers stand near the machinery, which is part of the operations to lower the Highland Branch tracks east of Langley Road in Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts.

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Descriptive Terms

construction (assembling)
construction equipment
railroads
steam shovels
cuts (earthworks)
workers
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP002530
B-Series negative 9610-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.460.9610-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)

Subjects

Steam shovels
Construction

Description Level

Item

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View of steam shovel in cut east of Langley Road during lowering operations of the Highland Branch tracks, Newton Centre, Newton, Mass., 9610-B

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