Depressing tracks of Highland Branch, view in cut of steam shovel under Cypress Street bridge, Newton Centre, Newton, Mass., 9614-B

Description

The image depicts a construction site at Newton Centre, Massachusetts, where a steam shovel is operating under the Cypress Street bridge. Workers are present in the scene and there are visible muddy tracks and standing water in the cut area. A railcar can be seen on the track above alongside the bridge.

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Descriptive Terms

construction (assembling)
construction equipment
railroads
steam shovels
cuts (earthworks)
workers
bridges (built works)
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP002534
B-Series negative 9614-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.460.9614-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)

Subjects

Steam shovels
Construction

Description Level

Item

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Depressing tracks of Highland Branch, view in cut of steam shovel under Cypress Street bridge, Newton Centre, Newton, Mass., 9614-B

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