Looking east from Chestnut Street footbridge, Main Line, West Newton, Newton, Massachusetts, 8747-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1897-09-23

GUSN

GUSN-384481

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Description

The image shows a view looking east from the Chestnut Street footbridge in West Newton, Newton, Massachusetts. Visible are train tracks of the Main Line with partially filled freight cars and construction materials. Residential buildings and trees line the elevated areas on both sides of the railway. A bridge spans the tracks in the distance.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
construction (assembling)
freight trains
rolling stock
houses
residential structures
exterior views
footbridges
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013387
B-Series negative 8747-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

1966

Reference Code

PC015.002.440.8747-B

Places

West Newton (Newton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [part of inhabited place]

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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