1890-1925
GUSN-384240
The image shows a construction scene with large boulders in an excavation site for a wall. This site is located west of Mt. Vernon Street in West Newton, Massachusetts. On the left, a train with an open railway car can be seen. A man stands among the boulders and supportive wooden beams adjacent to a partially excavated wall. Two houses are visible along the edge of the excavation, behind a dirt embankment.
railroads
freight trains
rolling stock
construction (assembling)
excavation (process)
boulder
workers
houses
residential structures
exterior views
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
IMLS Negative Barcode NP013107
B-Series negative 8467-B
1 glass plate negative
PC015
Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
PC015.002.440.8467-B
West Newton (Newton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [part of inhabited place]
Boston and Albany Railroad Co.
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
Item
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