Fitchburg Railroad Company Views of coaling trestle, East Fitchburg

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Collection Summary

Different views of a coaling trestle in East Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in winter.

Collection Details

GLC#: GLC05235.03-View header record
Type: Header Record
Date: 1893 ca.
Author/Creator: Fitchburg Railroad Company
Title: Views of coaling trestle, East Fitchburg
Place Written: Fitchburg, Mass.
Pagination: 3 cyanotypes.

Time Period

Primary time period: Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900

Sub-Era: The Gilded Age

Subjects

Science and Technology

Progressive Era

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Collection Item

Track to coal trestle, East Fitchburg Yard

1893 ca.

Fitchburg Railroad Company

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

Collection Item

Track to coal trestle, East Fitchburg Yard

1893 ca.

Fitchburg Railroad Company

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

Collection Item

Coal trestle, East Fitchburg Yard

1893 ca.

Fitchburg Railroad Company

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