Railroad Construction-Promontory P.20

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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
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