Main Line, raising Highland Street girder, Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, 8521-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1897-06-21

GUSN

GUSN-384294

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Description

The image shows a construction site in Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, where a girder for the Highland Street bridge is being raised. Several workers are present, and the scene includes stone retaining walls on either side of a railway track. Construction materials and equipment are visible around the site.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
girder bridges
abutments
construction (assembling)
workers
freight cars
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013161
B-Series negative 8521-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.420.8521-B

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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