Main Line, steam shovel at Laundry Brook, Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, 8477-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1897

GUSN

GUSN-384250

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Description

The image shows a steam shovel operating on railway tracks at Laundry Brook in Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts. The scene includes workers around the machine and a partially excavated area alongside the tracks. Residential buildings and telegraph poles are visible in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
construction (assembling)
steam shovels
workers
houses
residential structures
exterior views
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013117
B-Series negative 8477-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.420.8477-B

Date Notes

Created month: 03

Places

Newtonville (Newton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [part of inhabited place]

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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