Entrance to Water St. Yard
- Title:
- Entrance to Water St. Yard
- 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:
- 5003pb56f123
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- NH
- Internal Number:
- #1 Ex.1
- Exhibit Number:
- D-1
- File Name:
- 5003pb56f123.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company
Bridges (built works)
Railroad tracks
Railroad yards
Railroads--Freight
Locomotives - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Opposite from New Haven Union Station. This picture shows an engine batting out or switching cars. Shows the overhead wires carrying 11,000 volts of electricity, which make it impossible for the yard crew to work on top of the cars to pass signals. Also shows the entrance to the passenger yard and the main line tracks to Boston and Springfield.
- 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:
- 123
- 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.