About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0169
  • Title[Cement pouring operation for subway construction]
  • SummaryView of wooden, caisson-like structure used for construction of subway line at unknown location in Brooklyn showing cement mixer, waiting truck, and hydraulic equipment; piles of rubble and ash in foreground; corrugated shed or wall before smoke stack at left; apartment buildings in background.
  • Date1917
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 1-11-1917.
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Concrete mixers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hydraulic machinery -- 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 2