From tower #43, showing freight yard, coal pocket, and engine house, West Springfield, Massachusetts, 8258-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1911-01-30

GUSN

GUSN-383993

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Description

The image depicts a scene from tower #43 overlooking a freight yard in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Visible elements include railroad tracks leading into the distance, a coal pocket structure, and an engine house within the yard. There are utility poles along the tracks and various buildings in the background.

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Descriptive Terms

railroads
railroad yards
storage facilities
coal
roundhouses
exterior views
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP012898
B-Series negative 8258-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.590.8258-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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