Trestle in Clipper Ravine, near Clipper Gap – Vintage Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Trestle in Clipper Ravine, near Clipper Gap. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Trestle in Clipper Ravine, near Clipper Gap
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Clipper Ravine, near the small community of Clipper Gap in Placer County, California, is crossed here by a timber trestle that carries a railroad line over the steep foothill terrain. The Central Pacific Railroad built its route through this part of the Sierra Nevada in the mid-1860s, and trestles like this one let the grade cross deep ravines where filling the gap with earth would have been slow and costly. Trestle construction of this kind was central to the railroad's push toward the mountains, and the structure shows how much of the work depended on timber and hand labor.
| Original scan | 4,745 × 2,350 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1s00462u |
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