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Snow Blockade, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California

Owning Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

About this Collection

This album of 15 Taber photographs shows railroad cuts through the deep snow of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Machinery for cutting through the drifts and railroad workers are also shown in several photographs. The photographs were taken in Placer County at Emigrant Gap, Cascade, and Blue Canon. Each photo bears a printed caption and photographer's number. The title of the collection is the one embossed on the cover of the album. Also embossed on the cover is the name "W.H. Kendal," whose bookplate is pasted to the inside front cover of the album.... View collection guide.

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15 items found in this collection

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The A.O.U.W. Hall and Hotel at Blue Canon
Collapsed snow sheds at Emigrant Camp
The cut above Cascade Telegraph Office
The cut above the snow sheds at Cascade
The cut at the end of the snow shed at Cascade
The cuts at Cascade Bridge. (Depth of snow from 15 to 25 ...
Flanging the track behind the plow in the Cascade drift
General view of Blue Canon across the cut
An outfit train in the cut at Blue Canon
The rotary attacking a snow bank. (Depth of snow 20 feet)
The rotary in action in the cut at Cascade Station
The rotary in action near Cascade
The rotary in the drifts at Cascade
The snow drifts at Blue Canon
The tunnel entrance to the Hotel at Blue Canon
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