Construction Photographs, Watertown and Gouverneur, New York

Collection Type
Images
Year Start
1909
Year End
1910
ID

PRI5473

Quantity

37 black-and-white photographs (10 x 18-12 x 18 cm.)

Access

Open for research.  Library does not own photonegatives.

Acquisition

Purchase

Processed By

James Summa, Senior Librarian, Manuscripts and Special Collections, 2004

Scope and Content Note:

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.

List of Photographs:

 

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.