Rigi Railway – Antique Wall Art
![Rigi Railway, [between 1860 and 1890] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e5/e576af387035-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Rigi Railway, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Few mountains in Europe were tied to the railroad as quickly as the Rigi, and this albumen print records one of its lines. The Rigi Railway opened in 1871 as one of the first rack railways in Europe, using a toothed center rail to haul trains up steep slopes above Lake Lucerne. Travelers rode to the summit for views that drew visitors from across the continent. The print comes from a travel album whose other pages cover Athens, Egypt, the Rhine, and the Tyrol, a reminder of how well-worn the tourist circuit had become by the late nineteenth century.
| Created / published | [between 1860 and 1890] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Landscape photographs 1860-1890.Albumen prints 1860-1890. |
| Notes | In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 38, lower right. |
| Subjects | Mountain railroads--Switzerland--Rigi Mountain--1860-1890. Railroad tracks--Switzerland--Rigi Mountain--1860-1890. Rigi Mountain (Switzerland)--1860-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,410 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-185530 |
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