fbpx

For Forrest Hills foundation #774, concrete piers, Stony Brook #6218

Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.

Search Collections

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1908-05-13

Location Note

MBTA: Folder 082.6

GUSN

GUSN-195058

You can find this within

Browse Collection

Description

Photo is a below-ground view of the foundation of the Forest Hills station in Jamaica Plains, Boston, Massachusetts. The Stony Brook runs through a tunnel that is illuminated by natural light from above.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tunnels
excavation (process)
cyanotypes (photographic prints)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID tra00008
AccessID 374
Other identifier HNEDID-tra00008

Physical Description

1 cyanotype

Collection Code

PC017

Collection Name

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

Reference Code

PC017.02.082-6.001

Places

Jamaica Plain (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Stony Brook (Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [brook]

Record Details

Material Type

cyanotypes (photographic prints)
photographs

Other Organizations

Boston (Mass.). Transit Commission

Description Level

Item

Location Note

MBTA: Folder 082.6

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].