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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05235.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of 42 cyanotype photographs of the Fitchburg, Massachusetts Railroad |
| Title | Views of coaling trestle, East Fitchburg |
| Date | ca. 1893 |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | [#1 & 2 are identical images with different captions on verso.] # 1) "E. Fitchburg." View of tracks leading to a coaling trestle. A small building is visible at the end of the trestle. # 2) "Track to coal trestle East Fitchburg yard." # 3) "Coal trestle East Fitchburg Yard, Burned 1893." View of coal trestle from opposite direction as # 1& 2. A flatbed car is on the trestle. A 4-4-0 engine with a man standing on top of its cab sits on the tracks beneath the trestle and is dwarfed by the structure. |
| Subjects | Science and Technology Progressive Era Transportation Railroad |
| Place written | East Fitchburg |
| Theme | Science, Technology, Invention; Industry |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |