Building a railroad trestle
Title
Building a railroad trestle
Description
A group of men stand on top of an incomplete wooden railroad trestle. They wear pants, long-sleeved shirts and hats. Two men stand on either end of a cross-bar below the platform itself, and the number '23' is painted in white paint just below the platform. The trestle is built of logs and stands in a steep defile about 60 feet high, and cut logs are scattered about its base. Equipment for building the trestle rises above the men on the platform, and in the background a train sits with smoke pouring from its smokestack. The hillside below the track and trestle is bare, while vegetation covers the hill on the upper side.
[Back] Building a railroad trestle on the P R & N line to Tillamook.
Date Created
circa 1905-1911
Subject
Railroad tracks--Design and construction
Railroad construction workers
Pacific railroads
Trestles
Economic History
Local & State History
Scientific History
Travel & Tourism
Western United States History
Work
Place
Coast Range, Oregon
Medium
photographic prints
Language
English
Identifier
WCMpic_000323
Rights
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Source
Robert L. Benson Research Library, Five Oaks Museum
Type
Still Image