Looking west from 19th Ave. bridge showing retaining walls, roadbed, etc.
Title: | Looking west from 19th Ave. bridge showing retaining walls, roadbed, etc. |
Description: | View of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) looking down at tracks with newly built retaining walls on both sides; derrick or winch on uncompleted tracks at left; second derrick or winch and smokestack in background; backs of stucco row houses above retaining wall at right; vacant lot above retaining wall at left; poles with crossbars along length of tracks. |
Date: | 1914 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
More Details: |
Title from inscription on recto. On recto: date inscribed: Aug-25-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart." |
Collection: | Subway Construction
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Subject: |
Subways Railroad tracks Retaining walls Row houses Public works |
Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
Medium: |
Photographic prints. Gelatin silver prints. |
Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library. |
ID: | SUB 0216 |