Delaware Avenue Track to Pier 84
- Title:
- Delaware Avenue Track to Pier 84
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia Division
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Bartley, Edward J.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 39.961219,-75.136693
- Latitude:
- 39.961219
- Longitude:
- -75.136693
- Site:
- Delaware Avenue tracks
- Location:
- Philadelphia, PA
Delaware Avenue tracks - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb55f102
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- PRR
- Internal Number:
- # 21-A 96
- Exhibit Number:
- F-21A
- File Name:
- 5003pb55f102.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Stevedores
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad tracks
Railroad crossings
Railroad cars - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Picture of track leading to Pier No. 84. Note skates piled up in front of loading platform, which obstruct vision of engine crew. Note immediately inside gate is an opening in the wall, there is a similar opening in the opposite wall. Stevedores operate self propelled loading equipment through these openings, creating a dangerous conditions. Slightly different angle to Exhibit F-21; note truck that is about to cross the tracks.
- 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:
- 55
- Folder:
- 102
- 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.