Water Street Yard and Mail Shed
- Title:
- Water Street Yard and Mail Shed
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: Yards and Tracks from New York City to Boston, Massachusetts
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Guinea, Edgar R.
- Date:
- 1961
- Coordinates:
- 41.300525,-72.923615
- Latitude:
- 41.300525
- Longitude:
- -72.923615
- Site:
- Water Street Yard
- Location:
- New Haven, CT
Water Street Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb56f103
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- NH
- Internal Number:
- -48
- Exhibit Number:
- D-3
- File Name:
- 5003pb56f103.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company
Railroad tracks
Railroad yards
Locomotives
Railroads--Freight
Bridges (built works)
Railroad cars
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Another view of the Water Street Yard showing the mail shed where mail handlers work 24 hours a day. Note also the close clearance on all tracks which necessitate a lookout on both sides.
- 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:
- 103
- 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.