[Subway construction on Eastern Parkway with steam shovel in trench] - Digital Collections

Call NumberSUB_0173
Title[Subway construction on Eastern Parkway with steam shovel in trench]
SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the 2 and the 3 line) showing steam shovel and truck in trench, with ladder against embankment at left; crowd of men and boys watching work from top of left embankment; construction shed and outhouse above embankment in center; vacant field in left background; former reservoir tower on Mount Prospect Park in distant background.
Date1915
Formatstill image
Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 7-14-1915.
SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Steam shovels -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York
CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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 2