About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0222
  • TitleLooking west from north side of cut showing trestle for El trains opposite New Utrecht Ave. & 62nd St
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing four workers on top of embankment at right lowering large wooden beam to worker below; two temporary wooden bridges crossing tracks at angle; worker crossing first bridge at left, and two men at second bridge looking over railings; heaps of dirt on rail bed in foreground; tops of houses (one with billboard for "WISSNER PIANO") 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-25-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart."
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroad tracks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bridges -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)New Utrecht (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