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Views of Southern Pacific Railroad Company bridges
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Arizona and Views Adjacent to the Southern Pacific Railroad
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The photographs in this album were made in 1880, mostly in Arizona Territory, with occasional views in California. They include mining sites, depots and bridges of the Southern Pacific Railroad, towns, desert landscapes, cactus, and the Spanish colonial mission San Xavier del Bac. Mining scenes are mostly overviews showing buildings, mine shafts, stamping mills, equipment, water reservoirs, and workers. There are several views of the Contention, Tough-nut and Lucky Cuss mines of the Tombstone Mill and Mining Company, established by prospector Edward Schieffelin, the founder of Tombstone, Arizona. A scene of the railroad roundhouse in Yuma prominently features a large locomotive with Native Americans and others posed next to the engine and an engine house in the background. There are a series of views of the railroad bridge over the Colorado River at Yuma that includes views of the U.S. Army's Fort Yuma on the California side of the river, along with Native American huts near the river. A group of unidentified men in western garb are posed in front of the Yuma railroad office, and a few figures and railcars are shown at Dos Palmas Station in the Colorado Desert. Other subjects include a bird's-eye-view of Tucson; architectural details and an interior view of Mission San Xavier del Bac; prehistoric stone ruins at Casa Grande; and a few railroad crossings.
137500; 137501; 137502; 137503
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Clay's Ferry Bridge, on the Richmond and Lexington Turnpike
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Photograph of Clay's Ferry Bridge, crossing over the Kentucky River between Lexington and Richmond, Kentucky, in an advertisement for the Louisville Bridge and Iron Company.
photOV 11455
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Rare Books
Includes (selected items): over 100 company-produced photographs. Many of these photographs have descriptions of the train, its equipment and services.
646607
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Rare Books
Includes (selected items): over 100 snapshot photographs made by Merrill. Some color snapshots made at the Sacramento Fair, 1981.
646607
A bridge at Niagara Gorge (Niagara Falls)
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A bridge at Niagara Gorge (Niagara Falls), showing the rapids and a train crossing the bridge.
photCL SCE 01 - 00344
View on Pope's Head, near burnt bridge, Orange and Alexandria RR ; Milliturz RR Bridge
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Burnt bridge over Pope's Head, near Devereux Station, Orange & Alexandria Railroad. Photograph shows man sitting on the remains of a railroad bridge over Pope's Head Creek in Clifton, Virginia. Title on mount: Military RR Bridge, O & A RR. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 58 .
photCL 301 (69)