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1893 ca.
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Electric light plant, Hoosac Tunnel
Two sets of tracks visible in front of building. Chimney on opposite side of the building.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Electric light in Hoosac Tunnel, F.R.R.
Early documentation of the use of electric lightin in an unusual industrial setting.
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"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.
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[Surveyors surveying]
Four surveyors with equipment posed near a boulder, three men are standing, one sitting. Identical to GLC05235.02.03.
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Four surveyors with equipment posed near a boulder, three men are standing, one sitting. Identical to GLC05235.02.02.
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[Pipes and pajama party]
Faint cyanotype of five men posed on a bed in their night shirts.
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[Three women posed in grass with a hedge behind them]
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