About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0168
  • Title[Scaffolding at subway excavation]
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (possibly on Eastern Parkway) showing excavation with dense scaffolding between steep embankments; boxcar loaded with dirt before scaffolding; two workers on top of scaffolding at left; leafy trees on top of embankments; construction materials and debris in foreground.
  • Date1916
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 7-19-1916.
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Embankments -- New York (State) -- New York ; Scaffolding -- New York (State) -- New York ; Trestles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroad tracks -- 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 2