Canarsie Railroad Construction

Collection: This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in print and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Date: July 21, 1908; 1908-07-21 Material: gelatin silver print Dimension: 4 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Rugen Identifier: aql:14930 wjr-000565 wjr-000565.tif

Description: A man in a suit, at right, and a group of railroad construction workers, left, pause in the their labors to look toward the camera. This is a northerly view of construction on Brooklyn Rapid Transit's Canarsie line, near Newport Street (now Vanderveer Street.) The railroad tracks on the far left, foreground, are those of the Long Island Rail Road's Bay Ridge division.

Title : Canarsie Railroad Construction

Collection : aql:9443

Creator : William J. Rugen

Date : July 21, 1908; 1908-07-21

Summary/Description : A man in a suit, at right, and a group of railroad construction workers, left, pause in the their labors to look toward the camera. This is a northerly view of construction on Brooklyn Rapid Transit's Canarsie line, near Newport Street (now Vanderveer Street.) The railroad tracks on the far left, foreground, are those of the Long Island Rail Road's Bay Ridge division.

Subject : Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company; Railroad construction workers; Construction projects

Relation : This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in print and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Newport Street (now Vanderveer Street), Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white print; digital image

Format : gelatin silver print; 4 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:14930 wjr-000565 wjr-000565.tif