Central Pacific R.R. -- Construction P.15

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Title Central Pacific R.R. -- Construction P.15
Collection Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
File Name Central_Pacific_R.R._--_Construction_p.15.tif
Photo Number 00533
Classification 385
Creator Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph 1866
Date 1866
Subject Railroads; Men; Chinese immigrants; Railroad construction workers; Railroad construction & maintenance; Railroad locomotives; Railroad cars; 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 A Central Pacific work train and Chinese work gangs with one-horse dump carts at Dixie Cut near Gold Run in 1866. This site was 65 miles from the Central Pacific headquarters at Sacramento. Photograph taken by official Central Pacific photographer: Alfred A. Hart of Sacramento. Credit: Southern Pacific Railroad Company, (negative number X 774).
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 39222000587167
ARK ark:/87278/s6v711cd
Setname dha_cp
ID 455332
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v711cd
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