Description: PC0002 Image no. 203. Donner Lake tunnels no. 7 and 8 from Summit Tunnel Eastern Summit in distance
Photographer/artist: Alfred A. Hart
Date taken: 1860s
Photo location: Summit Tunnels
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. HCS 1/13/2022. Image at Stanford site. See also Goldbaum and Huffman's 2012 book, Waiting for the Cars, p. 256. This view looks down from the Sierra crest above Summit Tunnel (no. 6) towards Donner Lake, more than 1,000 feet below. The nearly finished railroad grade runs along this photo's right-hand side from the wagon road crossing in the foreground to the mouth of tunnel no. 7. Although difficult to see, the visitors are standing immediately north of the intersection of the wagon road and the railroad grade. Just beyond is tunnel no. 8. Image also at University of Nevada at Reno digital collection.
Rights: NOT FOR SALE; research only
Identifier: AAH0035
Serial Number: 2089
Donation: Alfred A. Hart Collection (AAH) collection (#34)
