Central Pacific R.R. -- Construction P.10

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Title Central Pacific R.R. -- Construction P.10
Collection Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
File Name Central_Pacific_R.R._--_Construction_p.10.tif
Photo Number 00528
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
Spatial Coverage California
Description Chinese laborers / workers with picks and shovels, chisels and hammers, one-horse dump carts and black powder carved their way through and over granite reaches of the High Sierra, forging a trail for the rails of the pioneer Central Pacific, parent of Southern Pacific. This photo shows the Chinese building a bank and cut at Sailor's Spur, about 80 miles from Central Pacific terminus at Sacramento. Gift: Southern Pacific Photo X-175.
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
Source Donors Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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 39222001411771
ARK ark:/87278/s6gx5t91
Setname dha_cp
ID 455075
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gx5t91
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