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.
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
Subject:
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company; Railroad construction workers; Construction projects
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company; Railroad construction workers; Construction projects
Rights Notice
Copyright holder unknown
Copyright holder unknown
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