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View of the great railroad wreck [on the T., P. & W.R.R. near Chatsworth, Illinois, of the Niagara Excursion Train, August 10th, 1887. From south side looking northwest, showing the complete destruction of engine No. 13, and the point Engineer McClintock was taken from] – Vintage Photo Print

View of the great railroad wreck [on the T., P. & W.R.R. near Chatsworth, Illinois, of the Niagara Excursion Train, August 10th, 1887. From south side looking northwest, showing the complete destruction of engine No. 13, and the point Engineer McClintock was taken from], 1887 — historic photograph
View of the great railroad wreck [on the T., P. & W.R.R. near Chatsworth, Illinois, of the Niagara Excursion Train, August 10th, 1887. From south side looking northwest, showing the complete destruction of engine No. 13, and the point Engineer McClintock was taken from], 1887. Historic photograph from the Niagara Falls 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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Step back in time with View of the great railroad wreck [on the T., P. & W.R.R. near Chatsworth, Illinois, of the Niagara Excursion Train, August 10th, 1887. From south side looking northwest, showing the complete destruction of engine No. 13, and the point Engineer McClintock was taken from], 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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View of the great railroad wreck [on the T., P. & W.R.R. near Chatsworth, Illinois, of the Niagara Excursion Train, August 10th, 1887. From south side looking northwest, showing the complete destruction of engine No. 13, and the point Engineer McClintock was taken from]

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Taken on the Toledo, Peoria & Western line near Chatsworth, Illinois, this view shows the wreckage of locomotive No. 13 after the August 10, 1887, crash of the Niagara Excursion Train. The photograph was made from the south side looking northwest, and it marks the spot where Engineer McClintock was pulled from the cab. The excursion was bound for Niagara Falls, which gives the scene an unexpected link to this gallery's theme, and the wreck ranks among the deadliest American rail accidents of its era. Views like this one let readers far from Illinois see the damage for themselves.

Created / published1887
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by Hinshaw & Joy. No. 6. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ill.--Chatsworth region; Photog. I.; RR--Disasters--1887; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,331 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-146701

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