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Description
Photograph of a locomotive engine used by a salt works, California, ca.1910. Hitched to the engine is a cargo car that supports a large corrugated utility drum. The engine itself is rounded, with a dome pressure gage and fluted smokestack. A tube runs from the top of the engine to the side of the engineer's cabin. Tracks are visible laid in the soft ground in front of the engine, and the roof of a building can be seen behind it.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : transparencies, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs
Industry--Borax (salt) Transportation--Railroads--General Salt industry and trade Salt lakes Borax mines and mining Railroads Locomotives Transportation features
Time Period
1905/1915
Place
California USA
Source
1-119-38; 1-104-24 [Microfiche number] 6850 [Accession number] CHS-6850 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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