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Image Not Available for Construction Work, possibly Stony Creek, Branford, Connecticut
Construction Work, possibly Stony Creek, Branford, Connecticut
Image Not Available for Construction Work, possibly Stony Creek, Branford, Connecticut

Construction Work, possibly Stony Creek, Branford, Connecticut

Dateearly 20th century
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 3/8 x 8 3/8in. (16.2 x 21.3cm)
Credit LineGift of Jeanine Guerette
DescriptionMen are at work, building what appears to be a granite railroad bed. Steam issues from machinery in the foreground near tall cranes or derricks. There appears to be a second engine of some sort in the right background. Two two-horse teams are at the left, near a wooden building.
Object number2004.138.2
InscribedOn verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Photograph is from a group of material relating to the Atwood family who had a summer home in Branford. Construction work may relate to a spur railroad connecting the Stony Creek granite quarries with the wharves and main railroad line. (Finlay 4/12/2014)
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