Beacon Street bridge, northeast corner of abutment, Boston, Massachusetts, 8939-B

Description

The image depicts the northeast corner of the abutment of the Beacon Street Bridge in Boston, Massachusetts. It shows a robust stone wall structure with large rectangular stones. Above the wall, there is a metal railing with a crisscross pattern. A sign marked "No 17" is mounted on the stone wall. The edge of a rail or a track is visible at the bottom of the wall.

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Descriptive Terms

railroads
bridges (built works)
abutments
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013579
B-Series negative 8939-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

1966

Reference Code

PC015.002.090.8939-B

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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Beacon Street bridge, northeast corner of abutment, Boston, Massachusetts, 8939-B

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