Bulkeley Bridge Construction: Retaining Walls South of Morgan Street, June 26, 1907
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1907
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 8 1/4in. (16 x 21cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Object number1967.96.79
DescriptionEmbankments and railroad tracks are under construction. A wooden form is at left. The competed portion of the wall is faced with stone blocks, apparently granite. Fill appears to be sand. A wooden construction shed is at the left. Smoke or steam rises from the roof. A crane is in the background. Construction equipment is on the tracks. Workmen are in the right background. One man uses a wheelbarrow. Lumber and piles of dirt and sand are nearby. Commercial and residential buildings are beyond the embankment on the right. Utility poles, a smokestack, a large gas tank, and laundry hanging from clotheslines are visible. The Connecticut River is on the left. A shed beside the river has a sign that reads "Ice."
NotesSubject Note: Construction at the western approach to the Bulkeley Bridge, which was begun early in 1904 and continued until December 1907.Status
Not on view
William G. Dudley
about 1915
