About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0179
  • Title[Subway construction on Eastern Parkway near Bedford Avenue]
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the 2 and the 3 line) showing deep trench with two tracks in foreground converging before passing under bridge at far end; workers standing on bottom of trench and assembling ramp or platform in left foreground; residential and other buildings behind screen of trees in right and left background; equestrian statue of General Slocum (later moved to Grand Army Plaza) above embankment in far right background.
  • 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: 6-6-1916.
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroad tracks -- 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.)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