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.) [2] |
More Details: |
Title from inscription on recto. On recto: date inscribed: Oct.-22-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart." |
Collection: | Subway Construction [3]
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Subject: |
Subways [4] Railroad tracks [5] Concrete mixers [6] Steam shovels [7] Embankments [8] |
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 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/b8e450f81ac5ac650cccc2bc0e903d5c&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/c/Concrete mixers
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Steam shovels
[8] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/e/Embankments