About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0165
  • Title[Subway construction on Eastern Parkway near water tower]
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the 2 and the 3 line) showing deep trench in foreground with steam shovel at far end; former reservoir tower on Mount Prospect Park in left background; memorial arch at Grand Army Plaza in distant 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: 5-11-1917.
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Water towers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Steam shovels -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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