1896-01-22
GUSN-196335
This view of the construction site of the subway tunnel between Tremont Street and the Park Street Mall of Boston Common appears to have been taken from the footbridge that spans the tunnel opening. This is the initial section of the first subway system in the United States, which opened on September 1,1897. Trolley cars can be glimpsed passing by on Tremont Street. Park Street Church stands behind the site at the intersection of Park Street and Tremont Street. Commercial buildings line Tremont Street across from the construction site.
commercial buildings
churches (buildings)
footbridges
subways
construction (assembling)
Congregational
public transit
trolley cars
construction sites
religious buildings
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
DigitalID 000368
AccessID 2124
Other identifier HNEDID-000368
1 photographic print
PC017
Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s
PC017.02.TMP.001
Boston Common (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [park]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
West End Street Railway Company
Tremont Street Subway
Park Street (Boston, Mass.)
Park Street Mall (Boston, Mass.)
subway tunnels
Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
Item
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