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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

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

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

"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

[Surveyors surveying]

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

GLC05235.02.02

[Surveyors surveying]

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

GLC05235.02.03

[Pipes and pajama party]

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

GLC05235.02.04

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

GLC05235.02.05

["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

["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