About This Item

  • Title[Consolidated Edison plant]
  • Call NumberWORK_1072
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 1073, WORK 1074, WORK 1075), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four interior views, in two different sizes, of Consolidated Edison plant located at the foot of Hudson Avenue. Images include turbines, generators, and frequency changer, and three images include male employees.
  • Date1923, 1924
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1072: 6 x 10 in.; retouched. Date inscribed on verso of 1072: March 17/24. Dates inscribed on recto: 1073, 1074: 3-13-24; 1075: 11-7-23. Title from inscription on verso of 1072; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectConsolidated Edison Company of New York, inc ; Electric generators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Electric utilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Frequency changers ; Turbines -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.