Bridge #35, showing pile driver, Framingham, Massachusetts, 8313-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890-1925

GUSN

GUSN-384048

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Framingham
Bridge #35, showing pile driver, Framingham, Massachusetts, 8313-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Framingham

Description

The image shows a pile driver in operation at Bridge #35 in Framingham, Massachusetts. The pile driver is set up alongside railroad tracks, with several workers visible on and around the machinery. Utility poles are observed running parallel to the tracks in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
bridges (built works)
construction (assembling)
pile drivers
workers
utility poles
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP012954
B-Series negative 8313-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

Reference Code

PC015.002.310.8313-B

Places

Framingham (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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