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Railroads -- Design and construction

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Bridge crew and Derrick Cate--Glenwood Springs Co[lorado] , circa 1860-1920

 Item — Box 2: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197221961201]
Identifier: MSS P 3289 Series 1 Item 118
Scope and Contents

A photograph, taken outdoors, of men working with a crane on a steel railroad bridge. The RGW erecting crane #204 is on the bridge.

Dates: circa 1860-1920

Diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306125]
Identifier: MSS SC 850
Scope and Contents

This is a holograph diary covering from 1 July 1881 to 15 April 1884. During this time, the author worked as a surveyor for the Utah Central Railroad in Spanish Fork Canyon and vicinity. The first 17 pages of the document are in pencil and the remainder are in ink. The hand is often difficult to decypher, especially since many of the entries are partly in shorthand (Pitman).

Dates: 1881-1884

D&RG "Highline" [High Line], 1906 November 1

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197221961193]
Identifier: MSS P 3289 Series 1 Item 105
Scope and Contents

A photograph of D&RG "Highline" construction, cut and fill on upper level of loop looking northwest toward Bingham (Yampa tram in distance, location above lower Bingham).

Dates: 1906 November 1

Engineering survey report

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236918]
Identifier: MSS SC 280
Scope and Contents

Handwritten report which relates to the engineering problems concerning the Union Pacific Railroad construction in Utah and the work completed in laying railway lines immediately east of Salt Lake City, Utah during 1867.

Dates: 1868

Evening view from bridge, Glenwood Springs [Colorado] , circa 1903

 Item — Box 2: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197221961201]
Identifier: MSS P 3289 Series 1 Item 121
Scope and Contents

A photograph, taken outdoors, of an iron railroad bridge being built over a river or lake.

Dates: circa 1903

Fill M. P. 18.3, 1906 November 1

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197221961193]
Identifier: MSS P 3289 Series 1 Item 104
Scope and Contents

A photograph of D&RG "High line" construction, looking northward across Bingham Canyon, Tower of Telegraph aerial tram. Prominence center background at peak.

Dates: 1906 November 1

Iron Bridge, Glenwood Springs [Colorado] , circa 1903

 Item — Box 2: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197221961201]
Identifier: MSS P 3289 Series 1 Item 115
Scope and Contents

A photograph, taken outdoors, of an iron bridge being built. The erecting crane is at work on the center spam.

Dates: circa 1903

M. P. 17.3--Yampa Smelter Flue, 1906 October 5

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197221961193]
Identifier: MSS P 3289 Series 1 Item 99
Scope and Contents

A photograph of a mountain with a trail on it. There are a few men on part of the trail.

Dates: 1906 October 5