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[Iron Mountains & water gap near Clifton Forge, Clifton Forge, Va.] – Antique Wall Art

[Iron Mountains & water gap near Clifton Forge, Clifton Forge, Va.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Iron Mountains & water gap near Clifton Forge, Clifton Forge, Va.], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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 [Iron Mountains & water gap near Clifton Forge, Clifton Forge, Va.] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Here, a river cuts through the ridges at a water gap beside a railroad bridge, a combination that gave Clifton Forge its reason to exist. The town grew up in the 1880s around an iron furnace and the rail line that hauled its ore and pig iron through the Alleghenies. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed American scenery between about 1900 and 1910 to promote rail travel and resort destinations. Its wide view shows how the engineers fit the tracks into the narrow gap.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 8963" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 068440. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRailroad bridges. Rivers. Passes (Landforms) Mountains.United States--Virginia--Clifton Forge.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 775 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71579

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