H69.459.2198

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Andrew J. Russell

Trestle across Great Z, with Engine

1869

Stereographic collodion glass plate negative

5 HIGH x 8 WIDE x 0.125 DEEP
(12.7 HIGH x 0.32 DEEP)

Museum Purchase

H69.459.2198

inscription: "219 Trestle across Great Z. with Engine." handwritten in cursive with ink on paper tape, top edge, emulsion side.

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History

Photograph. Title: Image Description: (s219) Trestle with engine on top and engine on track underneath. Physical Description: Stereographic collodion glass plate negative. Sub. Cat.: Transportation -- Railroads. Remarks: Title from Prof. S.J. Sedgwick's "Catalogue": Trestling Great Z Temporary.

"The Great Z is a switchback track. The switchback track was used for a short ime while the Union Pacific completed its tunnels." Remarks per Glenn Willumson for the NEA Russell Grant, July 2013 - June 2015.

This work (by Andrew J. Russell), identified by Oakland Museum of California, is free of known copyright restrictions.

Used: Union Pacific Railroad

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