General view of work at Centre Street, Highland Branch, Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts, 8724-B

Description

The image shows a general view of construction work at Centre Street, Highland Branch, in Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts. Visible elements include a freight train car labeled "N.Y.C. & H.R.R." loaded with materials, a construction site with wooden scaffolding, and several workers engaged in the construction process. There are trees and a building in the background.

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Descriptive Terms

railroads
freight cars
construction (assembling)
workers
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013364
B-Series negative 8724-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

PC015.002.460.8724-B

Places

Newton Center (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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General view of work at Centre Street, Highland Branch, Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts, 8724-B

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