About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0228
  • TitleExcavation at junction of Sea Beach line with 4th Ave. subway looking northwest
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing wooden scaffolding built over trench; pulley hanging from crane at upper right; several workers (barely visible) within trench, others on higher ground above; bystanders on street at left observing work; steeply eroded embankment at left.
  • Date1914
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 12 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription (partly illegible) on recto. On recto: date inscribed: Aug-25-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart."
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Scaffolding -- New York (State) -- New York ; Embankments -- 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