Depressing tracks on Highland Branch, view from north abutment at Boylston Street looking southeast, (now Riverside Line of MBTA), Newton Highlands, Newton, Mass., 9619-B

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1905-11-11

GUSN

GUSN-381392

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Description

The image depicts a view of the Highland Branch tracks, looking southeast from the north abutment at Boylston Street in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, now part of the Riverside Line of the MBTA. Several men are on and around the tracks alongside a fence and some residential houses in the background. There are also work materials and equipment present on and near the tracks.

Details

Descriptive Terms

construction (assembling)
construction equipment
railroads
rolling stock
trains (vehicle groupings)
workers
houses
residential structures
exterior views
fences
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP002539
B-Series negative 9619-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

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

Reference Code

PC015.002.400.9619-B

Places

Newton Highlands (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

Railroads
Construction

Description Level

Item

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