[Joralemon Street with derrick on construction site]

[Joralemon Street with derrick on construction site]
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Title: [Joralemon Street with derrick on construction site]
Description:

Lengthwise view of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road and sidewalk reconstruction; large wooden derrick built over excavation at left; worker to the right of derrick (back to camera) walking down street; four-wheel carriage (horse not visible) to the right of worker; loose stones, planks, puddle, and construction debric in left foreground; brownstones at right, brick row houses at left. Typed caption on verso: "General view of S.E. shaft[.] Camera near S.W. corner of Henry and Joralemon Sts., looking West."

Date: 1905
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title supplied by cataloger.
On recto: date inscribed: 5.22.1905.
Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
Collection: Subway Construction
Subject: Streets
Streets
Sidewalks
Cranes, derricks, etc
Horse-drawn vehicles
Construction workers
Brownstone
Row houses
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Photographic prints.
Cyanotypes.
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 0038