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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A distant photograph of a railroad construction crew repairing a culvert on the tracks between Beaumont and Indio near Whitewater. Work cars sit on the tracks at center and extend to the right. A pile driver stands at the front of the cars left-of-center with workers standing around it. Beneath the pile driver, there appears to be a culvert that is being repaired. Dark smoke rises from a smokestack on the leftmost work car. A worker stands on the flat bed of the work car at right. Along the bottom edge of the flatbed work car, it reads, "S. P. 787." Along the side of the bed of the leftmost car, it reads, "S. P. PILE DRIVER [?]26." Planks of lumber lie next to the tracks in front of this car. Logs lie on the ground at left down from the tracks. It appears that a couple of the photographer's fingers may have entered the frame along the upper left edge. Text from negative sleeve: 601. Whitewater, Calif. 1899. Southern Pacific Investigation trip. The track between Beaumont and Indio. Freight trains coming west up the hill to Beaumont. Smoke can be seen from the head engine and the helper on the rear. 3 negatives. Pile driver and construction crew with work train on desert repairing or rebuilding a culvert. 4 negatives
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0601_004 ark:/21198/zz002hqz9w
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad construction & maintenance--California--Palm Springs Railroad construction workers Culverts--California--Palm Springs Pile drivers Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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