Derrick RELIANCE raising railroad car from Hudson River near Newburgh, NY, September 6, 1892
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.); USA, NY, Newburgh
1892-09-06
paper
4-3/8 x 6-3/8 in.
Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.1; Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation Collection; handwritten on album page "DERRICK 'RELIANCE' RAISING CAR THAT JUMPED THE/ TRACK AT CRANSTONS SEPT 6TH 1892"; raising railroad car from Hudson River near Newburgh, NY, after it plunged into the river; see related photographs 2008.28.1.112-113, 119; see accession file for NY Times article about the accident, 2 people killed, several injured.
2008.28.1.102