Cars on East End of Main Coal Yards at Lambert's Point
- Title:
- Cars on East End of Main Coal Yards at Lambert's Point
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk Terminal and Yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Vick, Simeon G.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 36.875596,-76.317623
- Latitude:
- 36.875596
- Longitude:
- -76.317623
- Site:
- Lambert's Point Yard
- Location:
- Norfolk, VA
Lambert's Point Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb61f089
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- NW
- Internal Number:
- #18
- Exhibit Number:
- B-14
- File Name:
- 5003pb61f089.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Coal
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Bridges (built works)
Mines and mineral resources
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Opposite No. 4 Coal Pier where coal is dumped into docked ships. Showing in the upper portion, one of the piers where coal is dumped into docked ships. Over 200 men work at these coal bins over a 24-hour period. The pedestrian traffic around all these tracks is very heavy and requires lookout at all times.
- 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:
- 61
- Folder:
- 89
- 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.