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

North side of work bet. 4th and 5th Aves. looking east fom abt. 200' east of 4th Ave.
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Title: North 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 two parallel and curving retaining walls sunk into trench; steam shovel in left foreground above trench; two workers on uneven ground before steam shovel; bridge over tracks in right background; factory with smokestack beyond bridge; tops of brownstone or limestone apartment buildings above embankment in left background.
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
Construction workers
Retaining walls
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 0272