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Pecos River Viaduct Construction photograph album
MS 815
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Title: Pecos River Viaduct Construction photograph album
Dates: 1892-1957
Collection Number: MS 815
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 album
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: This album consists of 71 photographs of the construction and early days of the bridge.
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research
Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.
Pecos River Viaduct Construction photograph album. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Gift of Ronald Cristison, 2004
Biography/Administrative History
The Pecos River viaduct was open for service in 1892, replaced on Dec. 21, 1944 and dismantled in 1949. The Galveston, Harrisburg
and San Antonio Railway used the bridge.
Scope and Content of Collection
This album consists of 71 photographs of the construction and early days of the bridge. Includes outstanding photographs
of the entire construction of the bridge from start to finish and some of the first trains to use the bridge.
[Album 136]
railroad viaduct