1890-1925
GUSN-384400
The image depicts a pile driver at work, possibly for the construction of the Cambridge Street bridge in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. The setting includes railroad tracks, with visible railroad cars in the background. One person is operating equipment near the pile driver, and another is standing on the tracks, observing the scene. The area is set up for construction with wooden planks and frameworks visible.
railroads
railroad yards
freight trains
rolling stock
pile drivers
bridges (built works)
construction (assembling)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
IMLS Negative Barcode NP013306
B-Series negative 8666-B
1 glass plate negative
PC015
Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
PC015.002.020.8666-B
Allston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston and Albany Railroad Co.
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
Item
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