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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.
GLC05235.01.01
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.
GLC05235.01.02
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.
GLC05235.01.03
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.
GLC05235.01.04
Electric light in Hoosac Tunnel, F.R.R.
Early documentation of the use of electric lightin in an unusual industrial setting.
GLC05235.01.05
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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 GLC05235.04.02.
GLC05235.04.03
[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
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
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 GLC05235.04.05.
GLC05235.04.06
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
circa 1880
Buttre, John Chester (1821-1893)
Engraving of Major General Grenville Mellen Dodge
Photo by Brady. Eng.d by J.C. Buttre NY. Original Col. 4th Iowa Infty.
GLC02459.41
Unknown
Engraving of Samuel Wragg Ferguson
GLC02459.43
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