About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0198
  • TitleLooking west from 5th Ave. showing equipment of Wilson and English Co
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing train with cement mixer approaching tunnel in left background; second tunnel in right background; chutes on trestles sloping down embankment towards trench supported by scaffolding at right; workers at sand heap with two horses and cart in middle ground.
  • Date1914
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 12 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on recto. On recto: date inscribed: Aug.-18-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart."
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroad trains -- New York (State) -- New York ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Embankments -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroad tracks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsSubway Construction Photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderSubway Construction Photographs; Box 3