Blasting at Chalk Bluffs above Alta. Cut 60 feet deep – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Blasting at Chalk Bluffs above Alta. Cut 60 feet deep, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Blasting at Chalk Bluffs above Alta. Cut 60 feet deep
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The card's title names the subject precisely: a blast at Chalk Bluffs above Alta, California, in a rock cut noted as 60 feet deep. In 1865 the Central Pacific was pushing its line up the Sierra Nevada toward the summit, and cuts like this one had to be broken out by drilling holes by hand and packing them with black powder before crews could grade the roadbed. The card belongs to a series of Central Pacific scenes, which reflects how the railroad's climb through the mountains was recorded as a notable feat of engineering.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | No. 70. Title from item. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad California scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. · Carson Marian S. collector. |
| Subjects | Snow--Maryland--Cumberland--1860-1870. Streets--Maryland--Cumberland--1860-1870. City & town life--Maryland--Cumberland--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,757 × 2,363 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-268108 |
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