About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0259
  • TitleLooking north showing east portal of subway and walls between 4th and 5th Aves
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing beginning of tunnel on left side of retaining wall; steam shovel and other railroad equipment on tracks above retaining wall; portion of second steam shovel on lower ground at far right; chute on trestles descending down embankment at top; tracks and construction debris in foreground.
  • 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: Sept-28-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart."
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Steam shovels -- New York (State) -- New York ; Trestles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroad tracks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Retaining walls -- 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