| Title |
Railroad Construction-Promontory P.20 |
| File Name |
39222001649339.tif |
| Photo Number |
No. 668 |
| Classification |
385 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date of Photograph |
May 10, 1869 |
| Date |
1869-05-10 |
| Subject |
Railroads |
| Corporate Name |
Cemtral Pacific Railroad |
| Other Subject |
Railroad Sidings; Locomotives; Trains; railroad workers |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah; Box Elder County; Promontory |
| Description |
This wasterly looking view of the gap in the rails was taken on the morning of May 10. Note the CentralPacific cars on a siding in the middle distance. Dimensions for the heighth of the Central Pacific telegraph poles, the flag, and the flagpole were scaled from this photograph. The known dimension used for scaling was the length of the telegraph crossarm. The last Gap before driving the Golden Spike, May 10, 1869. Gift of M.J.Burson. |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image © 2008 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Relation |
Classified Photograph Collection |
| Source Format |
Print Photograph |
| Source Size |
9.1 inches x 7.3 inches |
| Source Donors |
Burson, M.J. |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Format Creation |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000 pixels on the long axis. Archival resolution: 3632 x 2925 |
| Scanned By |
Seungkeol Choe |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6kp89jm |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
439130 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kp89jm |
