View taken from top of coal pocket, showing engine house and machine shops, West Springfield, Massachusetts, 5815-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1911-01-30

GUSN

GUSN-383078

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Description

The image shows an elevated view from the top of a coal pocket, overlooking an industrial area in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Visible are an engine house, machine shops, multiple railroad tracks, and trains producing steam. A water tower and utility poles are also present in the scene. The landscape features open fields and industrial buildings with chimneys in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
freight trains
rolling stock
machine shops
water towers
utility poles
roundhouses
exterior views
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP011798
B-Series negative 5815-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

1965

Reference Code

PC015.002.590.5815-B

Places

West Springfield (Hampden County, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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