Central Pacific Railroad -- Construction P.9

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Title Central Pacific Railroad -- Construction P.9
Collection Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
File Name Central_Pacific_Railroad_--_Construction_p.9.tif
Photo Number 00527
Classification 385
Creator Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph ca. 1863-1869
Date 1863; 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868; 1869
Subject Railroads; Men; Chinese immigrants; Railroad construction workers; Railroad construction & maintenance; Carts & wagons; Carts and wagons; Horse-drawn vehicles; Horses; Canyons
Corporate Name Central Pacific Railroad Company
Other Subject Ravines; Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908
Spatial Coverage California
Description Chinese laborers / workers with one-horse dump carts building a grade for the Central Pacific at Prospect Hill Cut, 75 miles from Sacramento, where construction started. Photograph taken by official Central Pacific photographer: Alfred A. Hart of Sacramento. Southern Pacific Photo X167.
Rights Management Digital Image © 2014 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Relation Classified Photograph Collection, 385 Railroads
Source Format Print photograph
Type Image/StillImage
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation Original scanned on Epson Perfection 1240 and saved as 800 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000 pixels on the long axis.
Scanned By Karl Nicholson; Earl Hindley
Barcode Identifier 39222000587019
ARK ark:/87278/s64n0md4
Setname dha_cp
ID 455027
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64n0md4
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