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Title
Mount Lowe Railway circular bridge
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 Mount Lowe Railway circular bridge, [s.d.]. To the right, the circular section of track can be seen adjacent to a steep incline at left. To the right of the track, two wooden poles are visible. In the foreground at right near the track, a rectangular object can be seen resting on a flat clearing. To the left and right of the object, thick vegetation can be seen. In the extreme background at left, a winding road can be seen carved into a large mountain. A smaller mountain range can be seen in the background at center.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5151
USC-0-1-1-5253 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44869
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5151
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44869.jpg
Subject
Electric railroads
Mountains
Bridges
Los Angeles County--Altadena--Mt. Lowe
Railroad features
Place
Altadena
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
CHS-44869 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 44869; unidentified no: P82-5-33; unidentified no: 639 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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