Exterior view of tower #9, east end of Beacon Park Yard, Allston, Boston, Massachusetts, 5962-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-383225

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Description

The image shows the exterior view of Tower #9, located at the east end of Beacon Park Yard, Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. The structure is a wooden building with a pitched roof, featuring large windows on the upper level and an external staircase. Multiple railway tracks run in the foreground, and utility poles are visible in the background. The sign on the building reads "B.B.A.R.R. Interlocking Signal Tower No.9".

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Descriptive Terms

railroad signal towers
railroads
railroad yards
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP011945
B-Series negative 5962-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

PC015.002.020.5962-B

Places

Allston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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