Construction of the Tremont St. Subway, Park and Tremont Sts., Boston, Mass., 1895-1896

Item Information

Title:
Construction of the Tremont St. Subway, Park and Tremont Sts., Boston, Mass., 1895-1896
Description:
A view of the construction of the subway tunnel between Tremont Street and the Park Street Mall is shown from the Boston Common side of the site. This is the initial section of the first subway system in the United States, which opened on September 1,1897. A substantial portion of the steel framing of the tunnel is in place. Several workers are engaged in various building activities. Park Street Church stands behind the site at the intersection of Park Street and Tremont Street. Commercial buildings line Tremont Street across from the construction site.
Date:
1895–1896
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
PC001: General photographic collection
Subjects:
commercial buildings
churches (buildings)
subways
steel frame construction
workers
construction (assembling)
Congregationalism
public transit (infrastructure)
construction sites
religious buildings
transportation
Park Street (Boston, Mass.)
Park Street Mall (Boston, Mass.)
structural frames
subway tunnels
Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
West End Street Railway Company
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Boston Common (park)
Park Street Church (Boston, Mass.)
Extent:
1 photograph
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/195289
Terms of Use:
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Identifier:
195289
Call #:
PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8160.001