Pennsylvania Tunnel excavation, American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Type
Label
Pennsylvania Tunnel excavation, American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Language
eng
Characteristic
motion picture
Main title
Pennsylvania Tunnel excavation
Medium
electronic resource
Oclc number
701797941
Responsibility statement
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Runtime
3
Series statement
New York at the turn of the centuryAmerican history in video
Summary
This film employs a 180-degree pan shot of the excavation site of New York's Pennsylvania Station, and includes shots of the narrow-gauge train used to haul debris from the tunnels under construction. Work began in 1904, and when completed in September of 1910 the station would span from 31st to 33rd Streets, and from 7th to 8th Avenue, an area of approximately 300,000 square feet. It would connect a massive rail tunnel system, bringing the Pennsylvania and Lehigh Railroads under the Hudson River and the Long Island Railroad under the East River to a terminal in the center of Manhattan, accommodating a network of twenty-seven tracks
Technique
live action
Subject
- Excavation -- New York (State) -- New York
- Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.)
- Narrow gauge railroads -- New York (State) -- New York
- New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
- Underground construction -- New York (State) -- New York
- Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York
- Tunneling -- New York (State) -- New York
- Construction equipment -- New York (State) -- New York
camera
Other version
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor2
- Subject8
- Excavation -- New York (State) -- New York
- Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.)
- Narrow gauge railroads -- New York (State) -- New York
- New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
- Underground construction -- New York (State) -- New York
- Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York
- Tunneling -- New York (State) -- New York
- Construction equipment -- New York (State) -- New York
- camera1
- Other version2
- Mapped to1