About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0264
  • TitleLooking northwest from east end of sub station showing concreting east of New Utrecht Ave
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing excavation with scaffolding at successive levels; iron bars rising vertically from scaffolding; six workers around scaffolding on lower right; other workers standing on railroad cart on top of excavation; supervisors or engineers to their left; two men on ladders above excavation at left; pedestrians, 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.-9-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart."
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Subway stations -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Scaffolding -- New York (State) -- New York ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Embankments -- 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