Railroad accidents
RailroadsRelated Objects
woodcut1939.142
View Floating derrick MONARCH raising railroad car No. 11
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.513
View Floating derrick and railroad wreckage
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.247
View Railroad salvage operation
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.323
View Floating derrick raising railroad barge
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.418
View Floating derrick raising railroad barge
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.419
View Floating derrick RELIANCE raising railroad barge
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.421
View Railroad car float sunk in upper bay, New York, NY, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.328
View Central Railroad of New Jersey ferry ELIZABETH after fire at Jersey City and sunk near Bedloe's Island, New York, NY, November 24, 1901
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1901-11-24
2008.28.4.378
View Derrick RELIANCE lifting N.Y., N.H. & H. Railroad cars from railroad car float which ran ashore at Oak Point, NY, January 26, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-01-26
2008.28.4.409
View Derrick RELIANCE raising railroad car from Hudson River near Newburgh, NY, September 6, 1892
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1892-09-06
2008.28.1.119
View Diver on deck of derrick RELIANCE after uncoupling sunk railroad cars, Queens, NY, circa 1895
cyanotype
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1895
2008.28.1.15
View Central Railroad of New Jersey drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, April 16, 1902
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-04-16
1964.521.14
View Big anchor on dock, probably involved with recovering Central Railroad of New Jersey cars lost overboard at drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, April 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-04
2008.28.4.511
View Derrick hoisting railroad car, probably recovering Central Railroad of New Jersey cars lost overboard at drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, April 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-04
2008.28.4.512
View Derrick hoisting Central Railroad of New Jersey car lost overboard at drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, April 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-04
2008.28.4.515
View Derrick RELIANCE raising loaded freight cars from sunken float No 68, New York, NY, March 20, 1892
cyanotype
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1892-03-20
2008.28.1.30
View Two Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad locomotives on collapsed float bridge, Hoboken, NJ, circa 1908
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1908
1964.521.185
View Derrick CENTURY hoisting railroad cars from sunken float, Oak Point, NY, December 22, 1902
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-12-22
1964.521.24
View Salvage of Central Railroad of New Jersey accident, crane hoisting railroad engine from water, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.576
View Salvage of Central Railroad of New Jersey accident, crane hoisting railroad car from water, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.578
View Salvage of Central Railroad of New Jersey accident, crane hoisting railroad engine from water, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.579
View Railroad cars on float after collision with steamship, Hudson River, New York, NY, June 18, probably 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1910-06-18
1964.518.53
View Hoisting truck or railroad car out of water, circa 1912
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1912
1964.518.736
View Photograph album of T.A. Scott Company and Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation, circa 1910-1912
photograph album
circa 1910-1912
1964.518
View Railroad train engine partially submerged, probably New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co., circa 1907
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1907
1964.519.126
View Floating derrick CENTURY raising Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company locomotive from collapsed float bridge, Hoboken, N.J., circa 1908
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1908
1964.519.166
View Floating derrick MONARCH raising railroad car no. 11, circa 1905
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1905
2008.28.9.589
View Central Railroad of New Jersey railroad car sunk at wharf, probably wreck of Atlantic City Express, at Newark Bay, NJ, trestle, August 4, 1905
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1905-08-04
2008.28.9.617
View Railroad cars hoisted onto track, possibly wreck of Atlantic City Express, at Newark Bay, NJ, trestle, August 4, 1905
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1905-08-04
2008.28.9.621
View New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad car float No. 33, probably stranded on the rocks off Bayonne, NJ, March 16, 1906
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1906-03-16
2008.28.9.670
View New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad car float stranded on the rocks off Bayonne, NJ, March 16, 1906
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1906-03-16
2008.28.9.671
View Floating derrick hoisting locomotive at railroad dock, circa 1906
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1906
2008.28.9.790
View Train wreck of New York Central and Hudson River Railroad on Hudson River, below Garrison, NY, October 27, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
1964.520.134
View Floating derrick raising Central Railroad of New Jersey locomotive at drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, October 25, 1898
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1898-10-25
1964.520.283
View Floating derrick hoisting Central Railroad of New Jersey locomotive, at drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, October 25, 1898
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1898-10-25
1964.520.288
View Floating derrick RELIANCE raising Lehigh Valley Railroad sunk grain cars, January 10, 1899
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1899-01-10
1964.520.301
View Floating derrick RELIANCE preparing to raise Lehigh Valley Railroad sunk grain cars, January 10, 1899
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1899-01-10
1964.520.305
View Railroad bridge repair site, circa 1920
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1920
2008.28.5.89
View Derrick RELIANCE and lighter HUSTLER at Lackawanna Valley Railroad locomotive accident, Jersey City, NJ, September 1894
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1894-09
2008.28.2.44
View
real photo postcard, divided back
1909
2014.49.10430
View woodcut
1939.143
View Hoisting engine out of water; railroad wreck
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.250
View Hoisting engine out of water; railroad wreck
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.251
View Floating derrick CENTURY salvaging railroad float
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.400
View Railroad cars on railroad barge
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.423
View Salvaging railroad cars from sunken railroad carfloat at slip in Brooklyn
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.1275
View Railroad accident at wharf, circa 1908
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1908
1964.519.349
View Derrick RELIANCE raising railroad car from Hudson River near Newburgh, NY, September 6, 1892
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1892-09-06
2008.28.1.112
View Central Railroad of New Jersey pier accident?, March 18, 1907
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1907-03-18
1964.521.123
View Railroad car sunk in upper bay, New York, circa 1900
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.3.163
View Derrick RELIANCE hoisting drowned cattle from sunk railroad car, Queens, NY, circa 1895
cyanotype
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1895
2008.28.1.14
View NYNH & HRR Car Float No. 26 ashore at Oak Point, NY, with 10 cars overboard, January 26, 1902
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-01-26
2008.28.3.205
View Railroad cars on drawbridge, probably after Central Railroad of New Jersey accident at drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, April 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-04
2008.28.4.517
View Salvage of Central Railroad of New Jersey accident, crane, spectators, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.573
View Salvage of Central Railroad of New Jersey accident, crane hoisting railroad engine from water, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.575
View Salvage of Central Railroad of New Jersey accident, crane hoisting railroad engine from water, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.577
View Salvage of Central Railroad of New Jersey accident, crane hoisting railroad engine from water, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.580
View Raising sunk railroad engine, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
2008.28.4.591
View Railroad cars on float after collision with steamship, Hudson River, New York, NY, June 18, probably 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1910-06-18
1964.518.54
View Derrick RELIANCE hoisting drowned cattle from sunk railroad car, Queens, NY, circa 1895
cyanotype
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1895
2008.28.1.9
View Merritt & Chapman photograph album "1-A", 1891-1894
photograph album
Merritt & Chapman
1891-1894
2008.28.1
View Hoisting truck or railroad car out of water circa 1912; Lackawanna Railroad terminal and ferry boat PAUNPECK in background
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1912
1964.518.737
View Floating derrick raising sunk railroad car?, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, July 22, 1909
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1909-07-22
1964.519.546
View Floating derrick MONARCH raising railroad car no. 11, circa 1905
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1905
2008.28.9.588
View Railroad flatbed car? pitched off pier, possibly Central Railroad of New Jersey pier accident, March 18, 1907
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1907-03-18
2008.28.9.600
View Central Railroad of New Jersey railroad car hoisted onto track, probably wreck of Atlantic City Express, at Newark Bay, NJ, trestle, August 4, 1905
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1905-08-04
2008.28.9.619
View New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad car float No. 33, probably stranded on rocks off Bayonne, NJ, March 16, 1906
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1906-03-16
2008.28.9.665
View Floating derrick MONARCH hoisting railroad cars from railroad car float, probably stranded on the rocks off Bayonne, NJ, March 16, 1906
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1906-03-16
2008.28.9.674
View Two men and a diver assisting with raising sunk railroad car, circa 1920
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1920
2008.28.8.831
View Erie Railroad car float sunk at Long Island City [?], November 3, 1896
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1896-11-03
1964.520.11
View Floating derrick and lighter assisting after wreck of New York Center and Hudson River Railroad Co., below Garrison, NY, October 27, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
1964.520.135
View Floating derrick MONARCH, tugboat alongside, towing? to Long Island City [?] to raise Erie Railroad float, November 3, 1896
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1896-11-03
1964.520.9
View
real photo postcard, divided back
1909
2014.49.10434
View Brooklyn Eastern District Transfer locomotive engine fallen off track and onto dock, circa 1914
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1914
2008.28.7.559
View Floating derrick? assisting Lehigh Valley Railroad barge, possibly at Pier 69, Hudson River, New York, NY, January 18, 1917
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1917-01-18
2008.28.7.1338
View Floating derrick raising railroad car
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.1008
View Railroad wreckage; hoisting engine out of water
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.248
View Salvaging cars from sunken railroad carfloat at slip in Brooklyn
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.1274
View Salvaging railroad cars
gelatin glass negative
1964.660.1828
View Salvaging railroad car, hoisting onto deck
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.1830
View Floating derrick raising sunk Chicago and North-Western Railway car, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation; Schneeweis?, Carl
circa 1910
1964.519.791
View Central Railroad hoisting crane blown off pier, circa 1904
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1904
1964.521.104
View Derrick RELIANCE raising freight car from B&O Railroad sunken float, Hudson River, NY, March 20, 1892
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1892-03-20
2008.28.4.47
View Derrick hoisting railroad car, probably recovering Central Railroad of New Jersey cars lost overboard at drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, April 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-04
2008.28.4.513
View Derrick hoisting Central Railroad of New Jersey car lost overboard at drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, April 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-04
2008.28.4.516
View Central Railroad of New Jersey accident, railroad car hanging off collapsed bridge, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.570
View Salvage of Central Railroad of New Jersey accident, crane hoisting railroad engine from water, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.581
View Raising sunk railroad engine, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
2008.28.4.592
View Salvage operation, raising sunk railroad engine, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
2008.28.4.598
View Railroad car float after collision with steamboat NEW HAMPSHIRE off North 6th Street, Brooklyn, March 12, 1903
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1903-03-12
1964.521.54
View Damaged hull of Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co. BARGE NO. 207, circa 1907
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1907
1964.519.119
View Floating derrick CENTURY raising Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company locomotive from collapsed float bridge, Hoboken, N.J., circa 1908
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1908
1964.519.168
View Railroad car float ashore at 48th Street, Brooklyn, NY, December 6, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-12-06
2008.28.9.53
View New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad car float No. 4, probably stranded on rocks off Bayonne, NJ, March 16, 1906
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1906-03-16
2008.28.9.663
View New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad car float (probably), stranded on the rocks off Bayonne, NJ, March 16, 1906
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1906-03-16
2008.28.9.672
View Sunk railroad car, circa 1920
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1920
2008.28.8.830
View Sunk railroad car float, circa 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1902
2008.28.9.75
View Floating derrick raising sunk railroad car float, circa 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1902
2008.28.9.77
View Train wreck of New York Central and Hudson River Railroad on Hudson River, below Garrison, NY, October 27, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
1964.520.133
View Railroad accident, probably the wrecked of New York Center and Hudson River Railroad Co., in Hudson River below Garrison, NY, October 27, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
1964.520.162
View Railroad accident, probably the wrecked of New York Center and Hudson River Railroad Co., in Hudson River below Garrison, NY, October 27, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
1964.520.163
View Floating derrick hoisting wrecked sleeping cars of New York Center and Hudson River Railroad Co., from Hudson River below Garrison, NY, October 27, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
1964.520.164
View Floating derrick hoisting railroad car from railroad wharf, circa 1921
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1921
2008.28.8.970
View Floating derrick MONARCH raising Central Railroad of New Jersey locomotive at drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, October 25, 1898
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1898-10-25
1964.520.282
View Floating derrick RELIANCE raising Lehigh Valley Railroad sunk grain cars, January 10, 1899
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1899-01-10
1964.520.303
View Submerged railroad cars, probably Hudson River, New York, NY, circa 1903
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1903
2008.28.9.246
View Floating derrick CENTURY and tugboat assisting sunk railroad barge?, circa 1903
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1903
2008.28.9.314
View Railroad bridge repair site, circa 1920
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1920
2008.28.5.87
View Floating derrick CONSORT at railroad bridge repair site, circa 1920
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1920
2008.28.5.88
View Derrick RELIANCE and lighter HUSTLER at Lackawanna Valley Railroad locomotive accident, Jersey City, NJ, September 1894
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1894-09
2008.28.2.43
View
real photo postcard, divided back
1909
2014.49.10433
View Steamer CITY OF HARTFORD after colliding with railroad bridge, Middletown, CT, 1876
stereograph
March 29, 1876
1979.108.48
View Floating derrick raising railroad car
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.1007
View Floating derrick MONARCH raising railroad car No. 11
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.512
View Railroad salvage operation
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.322
View Railroad salvage operation
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.325
View Fallen girder damage
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1911-06
1964.660.801
View Sunken railroad cars on carfloat at Brooklyn Eastern District terminal slip
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.1276
View Sunken railroad barge, floating derrick CENTURY at right
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.1831
View Hoisting railroad cars from Hudson River, south of Grant's Tomb, New York, New York
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.3357
View Railroad accident at wharf, circa 1908
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1908
1964.519.320
View Central Railroad of New Jersey ferry ELIZABETH after fire at Jersey City and sunk near Bedloe's Island, New York, NY, November 24, 1901
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1901-11-24
2008.28.4.379
View Derrick MONARCH recovering railroad cars lost overboard, Newark Bay, NJ, April 16, 1902
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-04-16
1964.521.13
View Railroad wreck on NYC & HRRR below Garrison, NY, Hudson River, October 27, 1897
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
2008.28.3.41
View Derrick MONARCH hoisting Central Railroad of New Jersey car lost overboard at drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, April 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-04-16
2008.28.4.514
View Derrick RELIANCE raising loaded freight cars from sunken float No 68, New York, NY, March 28, 1892
cyanotype
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1892-03-28
2008.28.1.24
View Central Railroad of New Jersey accident, crane hoisting railroad car, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.572
View Raising sunk railroad engine, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
2008.28.4.593
View Salvage operation, probably pumping out after raising sunk railroad engine, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
2008.28.4.599
View Floating derrick CENTURY raising Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company locomotive from collapsed float bridge, Hoboken, N.J., circa 1908
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1908
1964.519.167
View Damaged railroad car float at Jay Street Terminal, Brooklyn?, NY, circa 1908
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1908
1964.519.170
View Floating derricks MONARCH and ADVANCE raising Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad car floats, off Hoboken, NJ, summer 1904
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904
2008.28.9.483
View Floating derricks RELIANCE and CENTURY raising Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad car floats, off Hoboken, NJ, summer 1904
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904
2008.28.9.492
View Railroad flatbed car? pitched off pier, possibly Central Railroad of New Jersey pier accident, March 18, 1907
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1907-03-18
2008.28.9.599
View Central Railroad of New Jersey railroad car hoisted onto track, probably wreck of Atlantic City Express, at Newark Bay, NJ, trestle, August 4, 1905
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1905-08-04
2008.28.9.618
View New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad car float (probably), stranded on the rocks off Bayonne, NJ, March 16, 1906
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1906-03-16
2008.28.9.669
View New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad car float (probably), stranded on the rocks off Bayonne, NJ, March 16, 1906
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1906-03-16
2008.28.9.673
View Floating derrick hoisting railroad car from railroad wharf, circa 1921
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1921
2008.28.8.973
View Floating derrick CENTURY hoisting Lehigh Valley railroad car sunk in Hudson River, New York, NY, circa 1903
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1903
2008.28.9.248
View Floating derrick CENTURY and tugboat assisting sunk railroad barge?, circa 1903
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1903
2008.28.9.315
View Floating derrick CONSORT at railroad bridge repair site, circa 1920
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1920
2008.28.5.86
View Merritt & Chapman Company photograph album "5", 1918-1929
photograph album
Merritt & Chapman
1918-1929
2008.28.5
View Central Railroad of New Jersey barge #6 ashore in Shinnecock Bay, Long Island, NY, probably 1896
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1896
2008.28.2.211
View
real photo postcard, divided back
1909
2014.49.10431
View Submerged railroad cars; yachts in harbor
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.479
View Central Railroad of New Jersey car, wrecked
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.246
View Railroad accident at wharf, circa 1908
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1908
1964.519.321
View New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad car float No. 36 which ran ashore at Oak Point, NY, January 26, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-01-26
2008.28.4.410
View Derrick MONARCH raising railway tank cars run off end of a car float
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.3.100
View Derrick RELIANCE raising railroad car from Hudson River near Newburgh, NY, September 6, 1892
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1892-09-06
2008.28.1.102
View Railroad car float sunk near High (Aqueduct) Bridge over Harlem River, New York, NY, April 7, 1893
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1893-04-07
2008.28.1.162
View Baggage car, Railroad wreck on NYC & HRRR below Garrison, NY, Hudson River, October 27, 1897
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
2008.28.3.44
View Salvage of Central Railroad of New Jersey accident, crane hoisting railroad engine from water, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.574
View Raising sunk railroad engine, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
2008.28.4.595
View Salvage operation, floating derrick MONARCH raising sunk railroad engine, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
2008.28.4.596
View Salvage operation, raising sunk railroad engine, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
2008.28.4.597
View Railroad cars on float after collision with steamship, Hudson River, New York, NY, June 18, probably 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1910-06-18
1964.518.55
View New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad CAR FLOAT #3 ashore on North Brother Island, Bronx, NY, April 5, 1903
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1903-04-05
1964.521.63
View Men inspecting sunk railroad car? after being raised off Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, July 22, 1909
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1909-07-22
1964.519.547
View Floating derrick raising sunk railroad car? off Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, July 22, 1909
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1909-07-22
1964.519.548
View Floating derrick CENTURY raising sunk Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co. BARGE NO. 207, circa 1907
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1907
1964.519.117
View Floating derrick CENTURY raising sunk Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co. BARGE NO. 207, circa 1907
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1907
1964.519.118
View Damaged Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co. BARGE NO. 207, circa 1907
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1907
1964.519.121
View Pennsylvania railroad barge at scene of railroad accident, railroad cars in water, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.146
View Railroad train engine hoisted on dock, probably New York, New Haven & Hartford Railrod Co., circa 1907
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1907
1964.519.127
View Floating derricks raising Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad car floats, off Hoboken, NJ, summer 1904
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904
2008.28.9.482
View Floating derricks RELIANCE, CENTURY, and lighter WM. E. CHAPMMAN raising Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad car floats, off Hoboken, NJ, summer 1904
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904
2008.28.9.484
View Floating derricks CENTURY and others raising Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad car floats, off Hoboken, NJ, summer 1904
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904
2008.28.9.485
View Floating derricks CENTURY and RELIANCE, and lighter WM. E. CHAPMAN raising Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad car floats, off Hoboken, NJ, summer 1904
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904
2008.28.9.486
View Floating derricks raising Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad car floats, off Hoboken, NJ, summer 1904
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904
2008.28.9.490
View Floating derricks raising Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad car floats, off Hoboken, NJ, summer 1904
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904
2008.28.9.491
View Central Railroad of New Jersey locomotive on floating derrick, at drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, October 25, 1898
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1898-10-25
1964.520.285
View Submerged railroad cars, probably Lehigh Valley RR, in harbor, Hudson River, New York, NY, circa 1903
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1903
2008.28.9.247
View Floating derrick CAPITOL at railroad bridge repair site, circa 1920
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1920
2008.28.5.85
View Pennsylvania Railroad and Lehigh Valley Railroad barges collided, Pier 69, Hudson River, New York, NY, January 18, 1917
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1917-01-18
2008.28.7.1339
View Floating derrick raising sunken railroad car, circa 1915
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1915
2008.28.7.145
View Floating derrick raising sunken railroad car, circa 1915
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1915
2008.28.7.146
View
stereograph
March 29, 1876
1979.108.47
View woodcut
1939.141
View Railroad salvage operation
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.324
View Floating derrick raising railroad car
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.425
View 0-4-0-T locomotive engine fallen off track and onto dock
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.1210
View Overturned railroad barge (?), floating derrick hoisting railroad car
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.2623
View Derrick RELIANCE lifting N.Y., N.H. & H. Railroad cars from railroad car float which ran ashore at Oak Point, NY, January 26, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-01-26
2008.28.4.407
View Ferry ELIZABETH burned at Jersey City and sunk on flats near Bedloe's Island, NY, November 24, 1901
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1901-11-24
2008.28.3.187
View Sleeping car, Railroad wreck on NYC & HRRR below Garrison, NY, Hudson River, October 27, 1897
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
2008.28.3.43
View Derrick RELIANCE raising loaded freight cars from sunken float No 68, New York, NY, March 20, 1892
cyanotype
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1892-03-20
2008.28.1.26
View Derrick RELIANCE raising loaded freight cars from sunken float No 68, New York, NY, March 20, 1892
cyanotype
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1892-03-20
2008.28.1.29
View Central Railroad of New Jersey accident, crane hoisting railroad car from collapsed bridge, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.571
View Salvage of Central Railroad of New Jersey accident, railroad engine onto derrick, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.582
View Derrick MONARCH hoisting railroad car from water, in foreground New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad car in water, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.583
View Raising sunk railroad engine, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
2008.28.4.590
View Raising sunk railroad engine, circa 1910
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1910
2008.28.4.594
View Baltimore & Ohio Railroad drill engine accident, Brooklyn, NY, March 21, 1892
cyanotype
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1892-03-21
2008.28.1.68
View New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad car float ashore at Sunken Meadow, NY, December 25, 1902
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-12-25
1964.521.40
View Floating derrick RELIANCE hoisting sunk railroad cars at wharf, probably New York, NY, circa 1895
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1895
2008.28.4.72
View Floating derrick raising sunk railroad car?, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, July 22, 1909
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1909-07-22
1964.519.545
View Pennsylvania railroad barge at scene of railroad accident, railroad cars in water, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.145
View Two Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company locomotives on collapsed float bridge at terminal, Hoboken, N.J., circa 1908
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1908
1964.519.165
View Floating derrick MONARCH? raising sunk railroad car, circa 1920
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1920
2008.28.8.833
View Floating derricks MONARCH[?] and HUSTLER raising Erie Railroad float at Long Island City [?], November 3, 1896
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1896-11-03
1964.520.10
View Wrecked railroad cars of New York Center and Hudson River Railroad Co., below Garrison, NY, October 27, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
1964.520.137
View Floating derrick MONARCH assisting at wreck of New York Central and Hudson River Railroad wreck below Garrison, NY, October 27, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
1964.520.138
View Floating derrick raising Central Railroad of New Jersey locomotive at drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, October 25, 1898
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1898-10-25
1964.520.284
View Floating derrick CENTURY hoisting railroad car from sunk barge?, circa 1903
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1903
2008.28.9.316
View Derrick RELIANCE lifting Lackawanna Valley Railroad locomotive after accident, Jersey City, NJ, September 1894
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1894-09
2008.28.2.45
View
real photo postcard, divided back, white border
1909
2014.49.10432
View Pennsylvania Railroad and Lehigh Valley Railroad barges collided at Pier 69, Hudson River, New York, NY, January 18, 1917
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1917-01-18
2008.28.7.1336
View Fallen girder damage
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1911-06
1964.660.802
View Floating derrick raising railroad barge
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.420
View Floating derrick raising railroad barge
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.422
View Hoisting railroad car on derrick; floating derrick HERCULES in background
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.1827
View Salvaging railroad cars
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.1829
View Derrick RELIANCE lifting N.Y., N.H. & H. Railroad cars from railroad car float which ran ashore at Oak Point, NY, January 26, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-01-26
2008.28.4.408
View NYNH and HRR Car Float No. 26 ashore at Oak Point, NY, with 10 cars overboard, January 26, 1902
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-01-26
2008.28.3.206
View Railroad wreck on NYC & HRRR below Garrison, NY, Hudson River, October 27, 1897
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
2008.28.3.42
View Photograph of 2 bills from Brown Hoisting Machinery Co, Cleveland, Ohio, to Merritt & Chapman, dated July 15, 1902, and April 10, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-07-15; 1902-04-10
2008.28.4.569
View Derrick MONARCH hoisting railroad car from water, in foreground New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad car in water, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.584
View Floating derrick raising sunk railroad car?, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, July 22, 1909
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1909-07-22
1964.519.544
View Damaged Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co. BARGE NO. 207, circa 1907
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1907
1964.519.120
View Railroad car float ashore at 48th Street, Brooklyn, NY, December 6, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-12-06
2008.28.9.52
View Railroad flatbed car? pitched off pier, possibly Central Railroad of New Jersey pier accident, March 18, 1907
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1907-03-18
2008.28.9.601
View Central Railroad of New Jersey railroad car hoisted onto track, probably wreck of Atlantic City Express, at Newark Bay, NJ, trestle, August 4, 1905
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1905-08-04
2008.28.9.620
View Floating derrick CENTURY hoisting railroad cars off railroad float, circa 1905
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1905
2008.28.9.656
View Floating derrick CENTURY at scene of sunk railroad cars and railroad float, circa 1905
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1905
2008.28.9.657
View New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad car float No. 4?, probably stranded on rocks off Bayonne, NJ, March 16, 1906
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1906-03-16
2008.28.9.664
View Floating derrick hoisting locomotive at railroad dock, circa 1906
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1906
2008.28.9.791
View Wrecked sleeping car of New York Center and Hudson River Railroad Co., below Garrison, NY, October 27, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
1964.520.136
View Floating derrick hoisting railroad car from railroad wharf, circa 1921
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1921
2008.28.8.971
View Raising Lehigh Valley Railroad sunk grain cars, January 10, 1899
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1899-01-10
1964.520.302
View Loading railroad car on barge?, circa 1919
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1919
2008.28.8.505
View Floating derrick hoisting railroad car, circa 1922
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1922
2008.28.5.273
View Damaged Pennsylvania Railroad barge at Pier 69, Hudson River, New York, NY, January 18, 1917
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1917-01-18
2008.28.7.1337
View Floating derrick CENTURY raising railroad car
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.462
View Hoisting engine out of water; railroad wreckage
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.249
View Fallen girder damage
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1911-06
1964.660.800
View Floating derrick raising railroad car from barge
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.424
View New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad car float No. 36 which ran ashore at Oak Point, NY, January 26, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-01-26
2008.28.4.411
View Derrick RELIANCE raising railroad car from Hudson River near Newburgh, NY, September 6, 1892
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1892-09-06
2008.28.1.113
View Wreck of Atlantic City Express (railroad), Newark Bay trestle, New Jersey, August 4, 1905
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1905-08-04
1964.521.126
View New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad car floats stranded on rocks off Bayonne, NJ, March 16, 1906
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1906-03-16
1964.521.132
View Derrick CENTURY recovering 2 locomotives at collapsed Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad float bridge, circa 1908
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1908
1964.521.171
View Railroad Car Float ashore at 48th Street, Brooklyn, NY, December 6, 1902
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-12-06
1964.521.34
View Central Railroad of New Jersey wreck, railroad car slid into water, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.568
View Floating derricks raising Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad car floats, off Hoboken, NJ, summer 1904
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904
2008.28.9.481
View Floating derrick MONARCH raising sunk railroad car, circa 1920
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1920
2008.28.8.832
View Floating derrick raising railroad car from sunk railroad car float, circa 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1902
2008.28.9.74
View New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad car float, sunk, circa 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1902
2008.28.9.76
View Railroad cars on floating derrick MONARCH from wreck of New York Central and Hudson River Railroad below Garrison, NY, October 27, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
1964.520.139
View Floating derrick, probably assisting at wreck of New York Central and Hudson River Railroad below Garrison, NY, October 27, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
1964.520.140
View Floating derrick hoisting wrecked sleeping cars of New York Center and Hudson River Railroad Co., from Hudson River below Garrison, NY, October 27, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-27
1964.520.167
View Floating derrick hoisting railroad car from railroad wharf, circa 1921
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1921
2008.28.8.972
View Central Railroad of New Jersey locomotive on floating derrick, at drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, October 25, 1898
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1898-10-25
1964.520.286
View Floating derrick hoisting Central Railroad of New Jersey locomotive, at drawbridge, Newark Bay, NJ, October 25, 1898
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1898-10-25
1964.520.287
View Loading railroad car on barge?, circa 1919
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1919
2008.28.8.504
View Derrick RELIANCE lifting Lackawanna Valley Railroad locomotive after accident, Jersey City, NJ, September 1894
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1894-09
2008.28.2.46
View Spectators watching as tugboat PETER REISS raises streetcar from icy water, Sheboygan, WI, February 1911
real photo postcard
1911-2
2014.49.9387
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