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Title
Mount Lowe Railway track and circular bridge
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 a view of the Mount Lowe Railway track and circular bridge far above, [s.d.]. The track in the bottom left foreground winds around the steep rocky slope to the right. Utility poles and lines match the route of the tracks. An open-air train car with passengers travels along the circular bridge in the distance at top.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5145
USC-1-1-1-5247 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3853
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5145
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3853.jpg
Subject
Electric railroads
Mountains
Bridges
Los Angeles County--Altadena--Mt. Lowe
Railroad features
Place
Altadena
California
Los Angeles
USA
mountains: Mount Lowe
Source
1-38-13 [Microfiche number]
3853 [Accession number]
CHS-3853 [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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