Woodhaven Junction During Subway Construction

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

Date: December 15, 1940; 1940-12-15 Material: safety film; gelatin silver print Dimension: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 (negative); 3 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches (print); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Rugen Identifier: aql:9589 wjr-000172 wjr-000172.tif

Description: The Woodhaven Junction station on Atlantic Avenue, with its temporary tracks and passenger platforms, is seen here during the construction that would place this section of the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic branch underground. The clock tower in the distant background at left is part of a brick building that still stands at 91-20 Atlantic Avenue, Ozone Park. Compare this image to record wjr-000169, which was taken from the same vantage point more than two years earlier.

Title : Woodhaven Junction During Subway Construction

Collection : aql:9443; vital:1

Creator : William J. Rugen

Date : December 15, 1940; 1940-12-15

Summary/Description : The Woodhaven Junction station on Atlantic Avenue, with its temporary tracks and passenger platforms, is seen here during the construction that would place this section of the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic branch underground. The clock tower in the distant background at left is part of a brick building that still stands at 91-20 Atlantic Avenue, Ozone Park. Compare this image to record wjr-000169, which was taken from the same vantage point more than two years earlier.

Subject : Long Island Rail Road; Construction projects; Railroad tunnels

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

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Atlantic Avenue near 100th Street, Richmond Hill, NY Richmond Hill (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : safety film; gelatin silver print; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 (negative); 3 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches (print); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:9589 wjr-000172 wjr-000172.tif