GUSN-322196
This is a view of Boston and Back Bay when the railroad causeways had been established. The State House can be seen in the center of the image. The steeple to the right of the State House may be Park Street Church. Two laborers and a woman walk along the causeway bed. The Worcester Railroad train travels outbound on the left side of the image. The Providence Railroad travels inbound in the center of the image.
exterior views
landscapes (environments)
transportation
railroads
churches (buildings)
capitols
state government
public buildings
causeways
historic landscapes
prints (visual works)
1 print (some color) ; 6 x 8 1/4 inches
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
GC002.01.MA.0650.009
6 x 8 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Greg Smart, October 1997.
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
prints (visual works)
Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation
Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation
Item
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