About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0242
  • TitleShowing incline wall and retaining wall at east end of Desbrocks looking west
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the Sea Beach or N line) showing retaining wall against embankment partly covered by scaffolding; workers (some blurred) walking along tracks at left; factory building with smokestack (perhaps known as "Desbrocks") 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: Sept-28-1914. Photographer's name inscribed on recto: "Urquhart."
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroad tracks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Retaining walls -- New York (State) -- New York ; Scaffolding -- New York (State) -- New York ; Factories -- 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