Title: | Cut looking west from 200 feet east of 18th Ave. showing arches for 8th Ave. highway bridge and underpinnings of houses |
Description: | View of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing tracks curving to right and receding into distance; retaining wall with iron supports at right; two uncompleted wooden arches forming tunnel in middle ground; exposed foundation of brick building at left; workers and pedestrians along tracks in background. |
Date: | 1914 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
More Details: |
Title from inscription on recto. On recto: date inscribed: Aug-25-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart." |
Collection: | Subway Construction [3]
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Subject: |
Subways [4] Railroad tracks [5] Retaining walls [6] Arches [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 0217 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/8f18ade78f291b8e10855d8d3f55b824&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/r/Railroad tracks
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/r/Retaining walls
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/Arches