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Fitchburg Railroad Company Electric light in Hoosac Tunnel, F.R.R.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05235.01.05 Author/Creator: Fitchburg Railroad Company Place Written: Florida, Massachusetts Type: Photograph Date: 1893 ca. Pagination: 1 cyanotype Height: 16.4 cm, Width: 10.7 cm Order a Copy

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

Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Science and Technology
Progressive Era
Transportation
Railroad
Electricity
Infrastructure
The Gilded Age

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