About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0199
  • TitleShowing 5th Ave. bridge and detail of contractors work on south side of right of way looking from L.I.R.R
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing tracks receeding to and passing under trestle bridge; tracks in center without cross-ties; one boy and workers (some looking into camera) standing in or near center tracks in middle ground; other workers to their right; second work crew on lower ground in right foreground; utility poles on both sides of embankment and in background.
  • 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 ; Trestles -- 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