Description: PC0002 Image no. 196. Shaft House over Summit Tunnel. American Peak in distance
Photographer/artist: Alfred A. Hart
Date taken: 1860s
Photo location: Summit Tunnel
Type: photo
Subject: Transcontinental Railroad Construction
County: Placer
Source: Stanford Collection
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Contributor: Stanford Libraries
Notes: Original image is 3.6 MB. HCS 1/13/2022. Image at Stanford site. See also Goldbaum and Huffman's 2012 book, Waiting for the Cars, p. 238. The authors noted that "Summit Tunnel was the longest on the railroad, extending 1,659 feet from end to end. To hasten construction, a shaft was sunk 73 feet form the surface to the level of the tunnel, allowing crews to work outward from the center as well as inward from the ends. Excavating the shaft began in late August 1866."
Rights: NOT FOR SALE; research only
Identifier: AAH0030
Serial Number: 2084
Donation: Alfred A. Hart Collection (AAH) collection (#34)
