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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A worm's-eye view photograph, from left to right, of E. L. Swaine, Resident Engineer, and a Southern Pacific Railroad fireman standing atop a tender car and trying to fix the water tank valve. E. L. Swaine stands slightly behind the fireman and pulls on the rope for the valve. A couple chains securing the valve cross in front of the two men. The valve/pipe extends from the tender car, in front of where the two men stand, towards the water tank at left. Water sputters out of the valve where it joins the tank. The tender car extends along the lower edge of the image. A light sits atop it at right. Text from negative sleeve: 602. Pomona, Calif. 1899. Southern Pacific inspection trip. The enginemen[sic] had reported having some trouble getting water at the water tank at Pomona. When we got there, Resident Engineer E.L.Swaine went up on the engine to take the water himself and see what if anything was wrong with the valve. He had just pulled the rope to the valve when I snapped this film, but almost instantly after the water spout came off at the hinge at the tank and the full stream of water burst out over the men on the tender, soaking Swaine and the fireman, or whoever was standing there with him. If I had been a trifle slower I would have had a wonderful photograph of their getting the full force of the water.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0602_001 ark:/21198/zz002hqzbd
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad cars--American--California--Pomona Penstocks--California--Pomona Water tanks--California--Pomona Railroad construction & maintenance--California--Pomona Swaine, E. L. (Edgar Lacy), 1857 or 58-1935 Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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