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Title
Tunnel No. 12. Strong's Canyon. # 257.
Creator
Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908
Date Created and/or Issued
[186-]
Publication Information
Sacramento : Alfred A. Hart
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
STEREO-1822
STEREO COLLECTION: RAILROADS: C.P.R.R.: HART: # 257.
Photographer's no. 257.
Yellow mount; yellow verso.
"Central Pacific Railroad, California."-on front.
"Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains illustrated for the stereoscope and album"-on verso.
Shows granite walls of tunnel with arched braces where workers hit soft section.
Negative no. 23,443 (4x5 in.)
Tunnel no. 12 was 107 3/4 miles from Sacramento (Nevada County?).
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph ; 3 1/2 x 7 in.
Identifier
(C)001389205CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-2517
Subject
Central Pacific Railroad Company--Photographs
Railroad construction & maintenance--California--Nevada County
Railroad tunnels--California--Nevada County
Railroads--California--Nevada County
Nevada County (Calif.)--Photographs
Stereographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
Nevada County
Nevada County (Calif.)

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