1896
GUSN-384493
The image depicts a construction scene in Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, featuring a pile driver at Brackett's and a steam shovel at Bellevue Street along the Main Line. The foreground shows multiple railroad tracks, and there is a visible structure to the left. Construction equipment, including the pile driver and steam shovel, is set up alongside the tracks, with workers present in the area. In the background, there are bare trees and additional railway equipment.
railroads
freight trains
rolling stock
steam shovels
workers
construction (assembling)
pile drivers
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
IMLS Negative Barcode NP013400
B-Series negative 8760-B
1 glass plate negative
PC015
Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
PC015.002.420.8760-B
Created month: 09
Newtonville (Newton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [part of inhabited place]
Boston and Albany Railroad Co.
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
Item
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