Title: | Looking east from 200 feet west of 14th Ave. showing road bed, portals and former incline for trolley cars |
Description: | View of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing tracks curving into four arched tunnels; retaining wall at right; partly leveled incline at left; wooden crates and construction debris between incline and tracks; ballast poles between tracks; utility poles in background. |
Date: | 1915 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
More Details: |
Title from inscription on recto. On recto: date inscribed: Jan-3-1915. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart." |
Collection: | Subway Construction [3]
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Subject: |
Subways [4] Tunnels [5] Railroad tracks [6] Retaining walls [7] |
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 0287 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/6ffc94b76765b5f2263d21f6d4c5e875&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Subway+Construction
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Subways
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/t/Tunnels
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/r/Railroad tracks
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/r/Retaining walls