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Title
Mount Lowe Railway circular bridge and track, California
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of Mount Lowe Railway Great Circular Bridge and track, California, [s.d.]. In the background at left, small section of track can be seen extending over a steep overgrown incline. To the right, a man is standing on the tracks beside a rocky outcropping facing away from the camera. The track curves along the mountain wall towards the foreground at right. In the extreme background near the top of the image, a small, curved section of track can be seen near a very steep incline. On the photoprint above the track, the words "Circular Bridge" can be seen written backwards. Bottom of photoprint reads: "378 Great Circulal [Circular?] Bridge, Alpine Extension, Mt. Lowe Road".
Type
image
Format
3 photoprints : b&w
13 x 18 cm., 18 x 23 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5141
USC-1-1-1-5243 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-378
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5141
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-378.jpg
Subject
Electric railroads
Mountains
Bridges
Los Angeles County--Altadena--Mt. Lowe
Transportation features
Place
Altadena
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-38-27 [Microfiche number]
378 [Accession number]
CHS-378 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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