About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0294
  • TitleLooking west at 21st Ave. showing arches of 20th Ave. bridge
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing two tunnels at left with iron rods projecting horizontally and vertically from top; tracks at right curving around tunnels; retaining wall at right; top of building with balustrade above tunnels at left; other buildings above retaining wall and embankment in right background; iron rods on tracks and roadbed.
  • Date1915
  • 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: Jan-3-1915. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart."
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Retaining walls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tunnels -- 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