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Berlin Bridge Company: bridge component on freight cars, East Berlin.


Title main	Berlin Bridge Company: bridge component on freight cars, East Berlin.
Subject	East Berlin (Conn.)
Subject	Bridges -- Design and construction Iron industry and trade Railroad cars
Subject	Berlin Iron Bridge Company New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company
Category	Infrastructure
Description	A large piece of iron that has been riveted together rests on three flat cars. Numbers are chalked on it. A sign reads: "From The Berlin Iron Bridge Co. East Berlin Conn." Wooden beams hold it in place. Two men stand on the cars, which have signs that read: Capacity /...0000 / May 98 / M.C. B. Couplers / Yoke Attachment /Air Brakes / N.Y.N.H. & H. 7184 / Length 33 ft. / Weight 21800." A structure of iron girders and wooden beams with attached ropes, chains and pulleys has evidently been used to place the iron component on the flat cars. Weeds grow along the tracks in the foreground. Inscribed on back: "Berlin Bridge Co."
Description notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Date created	[189-]
Format extent	1 photographic print ; 20 x 25 cm.
Format medium	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number 1974.100.6.9 File name 0534 img0072.pcd
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
SeqNum	2428
ObjCol	Photographs

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