Description: PC0002 Image no. 199. East portal of Summit Tunnel and wagon road from tunnel no 7
Photographer/artist: Alfred A. Hart
Date taken: 1867
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 3.5 MB. Image at Stanford site. Also a Carleton Watkins attribution. HCS 1/13/2022. See also Goldbaum and Huffman's 2012 book, Waiting for the Cars, p. 246. The authors note that this photograph was taken looking west from on top of tunnel no. 7. The authors further note that wagon is heading down the road toward the railroad grade. Once you reach the crossing, the road turns right to continue toward Donner Lake. This original tunnel remained in service until July 1993 when the track was removed and all traffic was directed through a new second-tracking 1925 tunnel.
Rights: NOT FOR SALE; research only
Identifier: AAH0033
Serial Number: 2087
Donation: Alfred A. Hart Collection (AAH) collection (#34)
