Grade Crossing
- Title:
- Grade Crossing
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Illinois Central Railroad: Memphis Division
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Howell, Fred D.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 35.124981,-90.064081
- Latitude:
- 35.124981
- Longitude:
- -90.064081
- Site:
- Memphis Terminal Yard
- Location:
- Memphis, TN
Memphis Terminal Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb56f019
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- IC
- Internal Number:
- #16
- Exhibit Number:
- N-17
- File Name:
- 5003pb56f019.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- J.R. Watkins Co.
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Industries (organizations)
Railroad crossings
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Maintenance and repair - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- J.R. Watkins Company (70 West Crump Boulevard). We see a grade crossing in the Memphis terminal. All signals in this area must be passed on the fireman's side. Note the debris scattered along the right-of-way, and the cars parked near 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:
- 56
- Folder:
- 19
- 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.