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The Cofa Bridge on the Oroya Railway in the Central Cordilleras, Peru – Vintage Wall Art

The Cofa Bridge on the Oroya Railway in the Central Cordilleras, Peru, c1908. — historic photograph
The Cofa Bridge on the Oroya Railway in the Central Cordilleras, Peru, c1908.. Historic photograph from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures The Cofa Bridge on the Oroya Railway in the Central Cordilleras, Peru in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The Cofa Bridge on the Oroya Railway in the Central Cordilleras, Peru

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The Cofa Bridge sits on the Oroya Railway, the line that climbed from the Peruvian coast into the Central Cordillera of the Andes. American engineer Henry Meiggs built much of the route in the 1870s and 1880s, and it was celebrated for its tunnels, switchbacks, and bridges across deep gorges at very high altitude. This stereograph was issued by the H.C. White Co., a Vermont firm that sold travel views for home stereoscopes, so the card would have let viewers far from the Andes feel as though they were crossing the gorge themselves.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, gelatin silver.
NotesStereo by H.C. White Co. No. 18502. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,291 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-121113

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