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"Fitchburg." Title from inscription on verso. View of train yard in the winter. Many train cars lined up on tracks, various buildings. Town visible in the rear of image.

GLC05235.05.01

Collection of 42 cyanotype photographs of the Fitchburg, Massachusetts Railroad [decimalized .01-.13]

The Fitchburg railroad ran from Massachusetts into Vermont and New York. The photographs were taken in E. Deerfield, North Adams, and Fitchburg. Images include railroad personnel, locomotives, tunnels, and trestles. These photographs create an...

GLC05235

N. Adams, Mass.

Title from verso. Box cars of the Boston & Albany Red line and other railroads are shown on left side of image near the freight station. Passenger cars are on right side of the image and the town is visible to the middle and rear of the photograph.

GLC05235.06.01

Electric light plant, Hoosac Tunnel

View from the cimney side of the building. A deck with a pile of rubble on it is visible in the front of the building. One set of tracks are also visible. Written in the Hoosac Tunnel

GLC05235.01.02

[Trolley car]

Trolley car with four sets of bench seats.

GLC05235.08

Electric light in Hoosac Tunnel, F.R.R.

Early documentation of the use of electric lighting in an unusual industrial setting. Written in the Hoosac Tunnel

GLC05235.01.05

[Curve in the rail line]

Two sets of parallel curved tracks going around bushes and rockface on the left side of image. Indentical to GLC05235.09.01.

GLC05235.09.02

[Surveyors surveying]

Four surveyors with equipment posed near a boulder, three men are standing, one sitting. Identical to GLC05235.02.03.

GLC05235.02.02

[Curve in the rail line]

A reversed print of GLC05235.09.03 and .04.

GLC05235.09.05

[Three women posed in grass with a hedge behind them]

GLC05235.02.05

Station house, North Adams, MA

Second print of GLC05235.10.01. Possibly a better print than the first, but with minor yellowish stain at right edge of station house and small dog-ear in lower right corner.

GLC05235.10.02

["Pat" O'Hara]

Mr. O'Hara with a white mustache and beard, weraing a felt hat. Picture taken at the Engineering office of F.R.R. Identical image as GLC05235.02.06 and GLC05235.02.07.

GLC05235.02.08

View north from the office window

Title from verso. Similar image (GLC05235.11.02) claims view is to the east. The Fitchburg supply company is directly across the street in both photographs. It is the same view as GLC05235.11.01, but with more snowfall.

GLC05235.11.02

Track to coal trestle, East Fitchburg Yard

A long view of the track rising up to the tall trestle. A small building is visible at the end of the trestle. Identical photo as GLC05235.03.01.

GLC05235.03.02

View South from office window Fitchburg

Title from verso. Identical to GLC05235.12.01. View of town and tracks. A large church steeple is visible in the left middle-ground of the image. Roundhouse and long rectangular building in the foreground of the image. Prosperous looking town with...

GLC05235.12.02

[Steam Engine No. 55]

4-4-0 American class steam engine #55, Fitchburg. Inscription on verso "F.R.R.," also has partial watermark "<?>enoit New York." Identical to GLC05235.04.02 and GLC05235.04.03.

GLC05235.04.01

View up Main St. from office window F.R.R. Fitchburg, Mass.

Same image as GLC05235.13.01. Main St. branches off in two directions. One branch passes the "American House" and the other branch passes in front of a hardware store. A trolley line runs in the center of the street in front of the hardware store...

GLC05235.13.02

[Locomotive coming around the bend]

4-4-0 American class steam engine pulling four freight cars. A man is sitting on top of the third box car. Watermark on verso: "Spauldings Superior <b>lue print paper."

GLC05235.04.04

No Adams, Mass F.R.R.

Title from verso. Steam locomotive crossing a rail bridge into North Adams, Mass. Discrete "Keep off the grass" sign barely visible in the foreground. Very minor staining and darkening of corners on an otherwise excellent print.

GLC05235.04.07

North Adams, Mass.

Typed inscription: "North Adams, Mass." on verso. Appears to be an aerial view of the Rail yard and town. Passenger and freight stations, round house & freight yard are in the center of the image with the town to the rear of the image.

GLC05235.05.02

Views of electric light plant and electric light inside Hoosac Tunnel

Lot includes three different views of the exterior of this very early electric light plant; view of two employees and dynamo inside the plant; and an intriguing view of an electric light in operation inside the tunnel! The technical difficulties of...

GLC05235.01

No. Adams, Mass F.R.R.

Boxcars of the "Boston & Albany," "Blue line" and Fall Brook Coal Co." in rail yard, No. Adams, MA with Victorian houses & church steeples in background.

GLC05235.06.02

Hoosac Tunnel Power Plant

Landscape view of power plant in winter, seen from a distance. Two sets of tracks run along side of the building. Water tower on tracks behind the building. Written in the Hoosac Tunnel

GLC05235.01.03

Composite images of railroad tracks going around a curve

Five copies (three double exposures) of a curve in the rail line near the Deerfield River.

GLC05235.09

Employees of engineering office

Various views of employees of the Engineering Office of Fitchburg Railroad Co. (F.R.R.), including three copies of a portrait of the bearded "Pat" O'Hara and his penetrating eyes; "Der Gang" sitting under a gas jey; two prints of a surveying party in...

GLC05235.02

[Curve in the rail line]

Composite photograph [more than one negative] of curved tracks shown in GLC05235.09.01 and .02, but the background has been altered to exclude the rockface and a third set of tracks now branches off into the river. Identical to GLC05235.09.04.

GLC05235.09.03

[Surveyors surveying]

Four surveyors with equipment posed near a boulder, three men are standing, one sitting. Identical to GLC05235.02.02.

GLC05235.02.03

Station house, North Adams, MA

Two images of the North Adams, Mass. station house.

GLC05235.10

["Pat" O'Hara]

Mr. O'Hara with a white mustache and beard, weraing a felt hat. Picture taken at the Engineering office of F.R.R. Identical image as GLC05235.02.07 and GLC05235.02.08.

GLC05235.02.06

Vies of Fitchburg, Mass. in winter

Two views from the Fitchburg office window, both taken in winter.

GLC05235.11

Views of coaling trestle, East Fitchburg

Different views of a coaling trestle in East Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in winter.

GLC05235.03

View South from office window Fitchburg

Two copies of the same image, looking over roundhouse and town in winter.

GLC05235.12

Coal trestle, East Fitchburg Yard

Employees stand on a tall platform and a steaming train is below. It is a view of the same coal trestle as GLC05235.03.01 and GLC05235.03.02, but from the opposite direction. A flatbed car is on the trestle. A 4-4-0 engine with a man standing on top...

GLC05235.03.03

View up Main St. from office window F.R.R. Fitchburg, Mass.

Two copies of the same image. Title from verso. Main St. branches off in two directions. One branch passes the "American House" and the other branch passes in front of a hardware store. A trolley line runs in the center of the street in front of the...

GLC05235.13

[Steam Engine No. 55]

4-4-0 American class steam engine #55, Fitchburg. Inscription on verso "F.R.R.," also has partial watermark "<?>enoit New York." Identical to GLC05235.04.01 and GLC05235.04.03.

GLC05235.04.02

[Locomotive coming around the bend]

Inscriptions on verso: "View near Schaticoke NY" and "Near Segicoke, NY." An engine with Pullman passenger cars. A pile of ties or lumber is visible in the front, center of the image. Also, overpass (bridge) visible. Identical to GLC05235.04.06.

GLC05235.04.05

Birdseye views of roundhouse and train yard in winter

# 1) "Fitchburg." View of train yard in the winter. Many train cars lined up on tracks, various buildings. Town visible in the rear of image. # 2) Typed inscription: "North Adams, Mass." Appears to be an aerial view of the Rail yard and town....

GLC05235.05

Boston & Albany boxcars in train yard

Two views of the rail yard, North Adams, Mass.

GLC05235.06

Electric light plant, Hoosac Tunnel

Two sets of tracks visible in front of building. Chimney on opposite side of the building. Written in the Hoosac Tunnel

GLC05235.01.01

F.R.R. East Deerfield, Mass.

Title from verso. Two rail cars atop a wooden railroad bridge over the Deerfield river in East Deerfield, Mass.

GLC05235.07

Interior of the electric light station for the Hoosac Tunnel, F.R.R.

Shows two men standing inside a brick building. Three turbine generators with belt going up to the ceiling. Written in the Hoosac Tunnel

GLC05235.01.04

[Curve in the rail line]

Two sets of parallel curved tracks going around bushes and rockface on the left side of image. Indentical to GLC05235.09.02.

GLC05235.09.01

"Der Gang," F.R.R. office

Three men seated on a bench. Man on left wears straw hat. Man on far right is only half visible.

GLC05235.02.01

[Curve in the rail line]

Composite photograph [more than one negative] of curved tracks shown in GLC05235.09.01 and .02, but the background has been altered to exclude the rockface and a third set of tracks now branches off into the river. Identical to GLC05235.09.03.

GLC05235.09.04

[Pipes and pajama party]

Faint cyanotype of five men posed on a bed in their night shirts.

GLC05235.02.04

Station house, North Adams, MA

Rich, deep blue print of the tracks and station house at North Adams, Mass.

GLC05235.10.01

["Pat" O'Hara]

Mr. O'Hara with a white mustache and beard, weraing a felt hat. Picture taken at the Engineering office of F.R.R. Identical image as GLC05235.02.06 and GLC05235.02.08.

GLC05235.02.07

View from office window looking east

Title from verso. Similar image (GLC05235.11.02) claims view is to the north. The Fitchburg supply company is directly across the street in both photographs. It is the same view as GLC05235.11.02, but with less snowfall. Inscription on verso also...

GLC05235.11.01

Track to coal trestle, East Fitchburg Yard

A long view of the track rising up to the tall trestle. A small building is visible at the end of the trestle. Identical photo as GLC05235.03.02.

GLC05235.03.01

View South from office window Fitchburg

Inscription on verso: "Fitchburg, Mass." Identical to GLC05235.12.02. A large church steeple is visible in the left middle-ground of the image. Roundhouse and long rectangular building in the foreground of the image. Prosperous looking town with...

GLC05235.12.01