Showing 5th Ave. bridge and detail of contractors work on south side of right of way looking from L.I.R.R.
Title: | Showing 5th Ave. bridge and detail of contractors work on south side of right of way looking from L.I.R.R. |
Description: | View of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing tracks receeding to and passing under trestle bridge; tracks in center without cross-ties; one boy and workers (some looking into camera) standing in or near center tracks in middle ground; other workers to their right; second work crew on lower ground in right foreground; utility poles on both sides of embankment and in background. |
Date: | 1914 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
More Details: |
Title from inscription on recto. On recto: date inscribed: Aug.-18-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart." |
Collection: | Subway Construction
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Subject: |
Subways Trestles Construction workers Embankments Railroad tracks |
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 0199 |