| Title |
Railroad Construction-Promontory P.7 |
| File Name |
39222001649248.tif |
| Photo Number |
No. 655 |
| 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 |
Central Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad |
| Other Subject |
Transcontinental railroad |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah; Box Elder County; Promontory |
| Description |
General view at Promontory, Utah, May 10, 1869, during the "Last Spike" ceremony when rails of the Central Pacific (now Southern Pacific) and the Union Pacific were joined to complete the first transcontinental railroad. The picture is taken from the U.P. locomotive #119, looking westward, and shows the four companies of the 21st Infantry in formation alongside the track Central Pacific's locomotive, ""Jupiter"", and tent-buildings of Promontory are also shown. This is a copy of Alfred A. Hart's stereoscopic picture No. 357 entitled "The Rival Monarchs." Gift of the Southern Pacific Co. Used in U.H.Q. April. 1961. |
| Comment |
Used in "Utah Historical Quarterly" April. 1961. |
| 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 |
7.5 inches x 8.4 inches |
| Source Donors |
Southern Pacific Company |
| 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: 3016 x 3356 |
| Scanned By |
Seungkeol Choe |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6rb7czj |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
439121 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rb7czj |
