| Quantity: | 37 black-and-white photographs (10 x 18-12 x 18 cm.) |
|---|---|
| Access: | Open for research. Library does not own photonegatives. |
| Restrictions: | White cotton gloves must be worn when handling photographs. Library does not own copyright. Can only be reproduced for individual research. |
| Acquisition: | Purchase |
| Processed By: | James Summa, Senior Librarian, Manuscripts and Special Collections, 2004 |
This collection of photographs, taken mostly from glass negatives, are street and architectural views of railroad, bridge, and subway construction in Watertown and Gouverneur, Jefferson County, New York, 1909-1910.
The information in quotation marks is penciled on the back of the photographs; other information was supplied by the cataloger.
| Folder | Photo | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Boat docked on Black River[?] |
| 1 | 2 | "Bingman [?] & crew Aug 21 1910." Men near station. Sign on station reads: "NYC & HRRR SUNDAY Aug 21 1910." Locomotive in view. |
| 1 | 3 | Same photograph as #2. Poorer quality photograph. |
| 1 | 4 | "Moving temporary station. Watertown, N.Y., Aug 21, 1910." Men working on tracks near station. Same building as in photograph #2. |
| 1 | 5 | Tracks in yard with trains and buildings in background. |
| 2 | 6 | "1909 Doubletracking [1909-1910 crossed out] Richland[?]-Watertown. Before crew went to Watertown." Country view of tracks and overhead wires. |
| 2 | 7 | "Classification yard Watertown, N.Y., Fall - 1909." Yard, tracks, cars, station and buildings viewed from height. |
| 2 | 8 | "Subway, Watertown N.Y., Summer 1910." Men gathered around tracks with buildings in background. |
| 2 | 9 | "Excavation for Subway, Watertown, N.Y., Spring 1910." Construction site with buildings and railcars in background. |
| 2 | 10 | "Subway, Watertown, Spring 1910." Men at construction site with tracks and buildings in background. |
| 3 | 11 | "Building Subway, Watertown N.Y., Spring 1910." Same photograph as #10. |
| 3 | 12 | Men facing camera working on bridge. |
| 3 | 13 | Same photograph as #12. |
| 3 | 14 | Men working on bridge; different view. |
| 3 | 15 | Group of men with surveying equipment facing camera. |
| 4 | 16 | Two men facing camera with poles in hand working near river[?] |
| 4 | 17 | One man facing camera with pole in hand working near river[?] |
| 4 | 18 | Three men sitting facing camera with railroad cars in background. |
| 4 | 19 | "Gouverneur, Spring 1910." Side view of man near station looking out on rail yard and tracks. |
| 4 | 20 | "Gouverneur, Spring 1910." View of rail yard, tracks, and station. |
| 5 | 21 | "Looking Eastward down Arsenal St. and [up/west?] State St., Watertown, N.Y., Mch 1910." |
| 5 | 22 | "Looking northwesterly across Jackson St,, Watertown, N.Y., March 1910." |
| 5 | 23 | View of rail tracks and overhead wires along dirt road. Sign on pole in foreground reads: "Jordan Road." |
| 5 | 24 | View of retaining wall and construction site. |
| 5 | 25 | View of retaining wall and construction site. Different image, viewed from opposite direction of photograph #24. |
| 6 | 26 | Same photograph as #25. |
| 6 | 27 | Different view of retaining wall. |
| 6 | 28 | "Foundation for River St. wall, Watertown, N.Y., Mch 1910." |
| 6 | 29 | "Entrance to cave under tracks near wall, Watertown, N.Y., Spring 1910." |
| 6 | 30 | "River St., Watertown, N.Y., Spring 1910." View of construction site. |
| 7 | 31 | "River St., Watertown, N.Y., Fall 1909. Looking Northwesterly." |
| 7 | 32 | "Wall, Watertown, Spring 1910." View of construction site. |
| 7 | 33 | "Wall,Watertown, Spring 1910." Similar but different image than photograph #32. |
| 7 | 34 | "Clearing River St., Watertown, N.Y., for wall, Mch 1910." Image of retaining wall construction site, with railroad cars and tracks in view. |
| 7 | 35 | "Retaining Wall, Watertown, N.Y., Spring 1910. Looking westerly." Viewed from height. |
| 8 | 36 | "Retaining Wall, Watertown N.Y., Spring 1910." View of construction site. |
| 8 | 37 | 'River St. Wall, Watertown, Spring 1910." View of construction site. Similar but different image than photograph #32. |