Emigrant Gap - view from the tunnel, looking West - Central Pacific Railroad – Historic Print
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Emigrant Gap - view from the tunnel, looking West - Central Pacific Railroad
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Emigrant Gap, a small station and rail siding on the Central Pacific line in the Sierra Nevada, is the setting for this view taken from inside a tunnel and looking west. The Central Pacific pushed its tracks over the Sierra toward Donner Pass in the mid-1860s, and tunnels like this one were cut by hand and blasting powder through granite, making the line one of the hardest engineering efforts of the transcontinental railroad. This half of a stereograph was issued as part of the Gems of California scenery series, so it was meant to be viewed through a stereo viewer for a sense of depth. Notice how the tunnel mouth frames the distant mountain light and the track running out ahead.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1268. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad-- Equipment and tracks on Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,469 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115715 |
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