1906-10-01
GUSN-381385
The image shows a general view from near Centre Street looking east at the beginning of track work on the Highland Branch in Newton Centre, Newton, Massachusetts. Visible are railroad tracks on the left side with several workers and a train car. On the right, there is a construction area with equipment and workers next to a residential area with several houses. A horse-drawn cart is also present in the construction section.
construction (assembling)
construction equipment
railroads
steam shovels
rolling stock
trains (vehicle groupings)
cuts (earthworks)
workers
horse-drawn vehicles
bridges (built works)
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
IMLS Negative Barcode NP002532
B-Series negative 9612-B
1 glass plate negative
PC015
Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
PC015.002.460.9612-B
Newton Center (Newton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [part of inhabited place]
Boston and Albany Railroad Co.
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
Railroads
Construction
Item
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