South side of work bet. 4th and 5th Aves. looking east fom abt. 200' east of 4th Ave.

South side of work bet. 4th and 5th Aves. looking east fom abt. 200' east of 4th Ave.
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Title: South side of work bet. 4th and 5th Aves. looking east fom abt. 200' east of 4th Ave.
Description:

View of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing network of tracks with cement mixer, smoking steam shovels, and freight train; piles of dirt and construction debris on and between tracks; trestle bridge over tracks in background; embankment with trees and bushes at right.

Date: 1914
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title from inscription on recto.
On recto: date inscribed: Oct.-22-1914.
Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart."
Collection: Subway Construction
Subject: Subways
Railroad tracks
Concrete mixers
Steam shovels
Embankments
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 0273