About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0265
  • TitleShowing reinforcing for roof of arches for 14th Ave. bridge
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing grating of iron bars laid over surface supported by scaffolding; one worker standing on middle of grating and looking into camera; other workers around cement mixer at right; supervisor or pedestrian in dark suit at left watching proceedings; pile of sandbags at side of grating; horses and carriage, utility poles, houses, and billboards 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: Oct.-23-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart."
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Scaffolding -- New York (State) -- New York ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Concrete mixers -- 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