Hazard Wire Works Industrial Siding
- Title:
- Hazard Wire Works Industrial Siding
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Central Railroad of New Jersey: Buttonwood Yards and Wilkes-Barre Interchange
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Stemrich, James
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 41.238299,-75.888634
- Latitude:
- 41.238299
- Longitude:
- -75.888634
- Site:
- Hazard Wire Works
- Location:
- South Wilkes Barre, PA
Hazard Wire Works - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb53f098
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- PRR
- Internal Number:
- #112
- Exhibit Number:
- Z-12
- File Name:
- 5003pb53f098.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Hazard Wire Works
Pennsylvania Railroad
Industries (organizations)
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Freight - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Storage track on the PRR for Hazard Wire Works. Track on right is the oil siding; track on left with car on it is storage track. Notice the condition of the ties and the water and oil between the tracks. This results from lack of care for the tracks and creates a hazardous working environment.
- Cite As:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs #5003 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
- Box:
- 53
- Folder:
- 98
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [https://www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.