Setting the Franklin Street girders for bridge in connection with new Union Railroad Station improvements and grade crossing elimination project, Worcester, Mass., 10155-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1911-10-13

GUSN

GUSN-381925

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Worcester - Bridges and abutments
Setting the Franklin Street girders for bridge in connection with new Union Railroad Station improvements and grade crossing elimination project, Worcester, Mass., 10155-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Worcester - Bridges and abutments

Description

The image shows construction work involving the setting of girders for a bridge as part of the Union Railroad Station improvements and grade crossing elimination project in Worcester, Massachusetts. Visible are cranes on either side lifting the girders into place, with construction workers present on and around the structure. In the foreground, there are piles of wood and dirt as well as railroad tracks. A person with what appears to be surveying equipment is also visible.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bridges (built works)
construction (assembling)
girders
railroads
workers
cranes (equipment)
factories (structures)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP003072
B-Series negative 10155-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.630.10155-B

Places

Worcester (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Subjects

Bridges
Construction

Description Level

Item

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