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Title: "Cape Horn," a dangerous point on C.P.R
Creator: Frank Appleton
Date Created and/or Issued: 1900
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: This circa 1900 photograph shows Cape Horn, located near Colfax, California. It was famed for the views it provided passengers into the 1,000-foot-deep canyon and American River below. It was circumvented in 1914 with a series of new, double-track tunnels.
Type: image
Identifier: MC7 Album 2-26
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/3638
Subject: Railroads
Railroad, Southern Pacific
Railroad, Central Pacific
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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