Image / Train above Mesa Station at Double Bow Knot, circa 1896

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Title: Train above Mesa Station at Double Bow Knot, circa 1896
Creator: unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1896
Contributing Institution: Mill Valley Public Library
Collection: Mill Valley History Online
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Description: The Joseph G. Eastland engine train with a locomotive pulling one car is seen from above, at Double Bow Knot. Built at the midpoint of the Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Railway, the Double Bow Knot looped back and forth five times to gain elevation without forcing the grade to be steeper than five percent.
Type: image
Identifier: F13666DC-4C4F-4A35-855A-380643448190
2016.004.122
Subject: California Revealed
Double bow knot
Locomotives
Mount Tamalpais
Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway
Railroads

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