Crawford Notch, New Hampshire: Frankenstein Trestle

Collection Name:

Photograph Collection

Title:

Crawford Notch, New Hampshire: Frankenstein Trestle

Creator:

various photographers
Kilburn, Benjamin W., 1827-1909

Creator Role:

Photographer

Accession / Call Number:

1990.1.699

Object ID:

07.02.01.053.004

Date:

1870-1973

Type of Material:

graphic material

Physical Description:

1 folder

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Photographic prints taken between approximately 1870 and 1973 of the Frankenstein Trestle and Willey-Brook Bridge. The images show the railroad bridges, the bridges with trains crossing them, and close-ups of an inscribed slab. A number of images show unidentified men standing on or beside the tracks and on trains. Many of the trains are from the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad. Also includes one image of the Willey House, which is on the back of an image of the Frankenstein Trestle.

Subjects:

Railroads , Railroad tracks , Bridges , Mountains , Mountains--New Hampshire , Railroad trains , Dwellings , Men , Forests and forestry

Locations:

Crawford Notch, NH
White Mountains, NH and ME

People:

Kilburn, Benjamin W., 1827-1909

Organizations:

Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Company

Terms of Use:

For permission to reproduce or publish material from this collection, please contact the New Hampshire Historical Society. Users are responsible for following all copyright and intellectual property laws.

Credit Line:

Digitization supported by the New Hampshire Historical Society's Connections through Time: Campaign for New Hampshire History.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

File

Box Number:

55