Description: PC0002 Image no. 225. Bridge over first crossing Truckee River 204 feet long
Photographer/artist: Alfred A. Hart
Date taken: 1860s
Photo location: Truckee River
Type: photo
Subject: Transcontinental Railroad Construction
County: Placer
Source: Stanford Collection
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Contributor: Stanford Libraries
Notes: Original image is 3.8 MB. HCS 1/14/2022. Image at Stanford site. See also Goldbaum and Huffman's 2012 book, Waiting for the Cars, p. 294. Keep in mind that the railroad supplies for these bridges and track were shipped from New York on steamers that came through Panama and the Panama Railroad. These supplies included locomotives.
Rights: NOT FOR SALE; research only
Identifier: AAH0046
Serial Number: 2100
Donation: Alfred A. Hart Collection (AAH) collection (#34)
