View showing a landslide (looking south) on Athol Branch (now abandoned and under the Quabbin Reservoir, 8671-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384405

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Unidentified scenery and views along tracks
View showing a landslide (looking south) on Athol Branch (now abandoned and under the Quabbin Reservoir, 8671-B
(current record)

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Unidentified scenery and views along tracks

Description

The image shows a landslide on the Athol Branch, now located under the Quabbin Reservoir. Visible are rocks, debris, and fallen trees scattered over a sloped hillside. A railroad track runs alongside the slope, illustrating the disruption caused by the landslide. The landscape is framed by trees on the slope and in the distance.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
landslides
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013311
B-Series negative 8671-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.760.8671-B

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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