Centre Street railroad crossing, Highland Branch, Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts, 8814-B

Description

The image shows the Centre Street railroad crossing in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, along the Highland Branch. Visible are multiple railway tracks crossing a road, with a sign reading "RAILROAD CROSSING" near a wooden building on the right. Telephone poles and trees are also present in the scene, along with a person near the building on the left.

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Descriptive Terms

railroads
grade crossings
streets
surveyors
utility poles
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013454
B-Series negative 8814-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

PC015.002.460.8814-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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Centre Street railroad crossing, Highland Branch, Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts, 8814-B

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