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- Devil's Gate Bridge in Georgetown Loop, Colorado, circa 1900 - When gold, then silver, was discovered around Georgetown, Colorado (45 miles west of Denver), railroads attempted to gain access there. But the grade was too steep until a railroad engineer designed a route with twisting hairpin turns, horseshoe curves, and bridges -- including the dramatic Devil's Gate High Bridge. As mining waned by 1900, the route became popular with tourists.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Devil's Gate Bridge in Georgetown Loop, Colorado, circa 1900
When gold, then silver, was discovered around Georgetown, Colorado (45 miles west of Denver), railroads attempted to gain access there. But the grade was too steep until a railroad engineer designed a route with twisting hairpin turns, horseshoe curves, and bridges -- including the dramatic Devil's Gate High Bridge. As mining waned by 1900, the route became popular with tourists.
- Sightseers aboard Cable Car on Circular Bridge, Mt. Lowe Railway, California, 1899 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- 1899
- Collections - Artifact
Sightseers aboard Cable Car on Circular Bridge, Mt. Lowe Railway, California, 1899
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- Steel Viaduct over Des Moines River, C. & N. W. Railway, 1900-1910 - A Chicago & North Western Railway passenger train crossed the new Kate Shelley High Bridge near Boone, Iowa, in 1901. The viaduct's name honored a heroic teenage girl. During an 1881 thunderstorm, an earlier bridge at the site was damaged by a flood. Kate Shelley walked more than two miles through the storm to warn an approaching passenger train of the danger.
- 1900-1910
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Steel Viaduct over Des Moines River, C. & N. W. Railway, 1900-1910
A Chicago & North Western Railway passenger train crossed the new Kate Shelley High Bridge near Boone, Iowa, in 1901. The viaduct's name honored a heroic teenage girl. During an 1881 thunderstorm, an earlier bridge at the site was damaged by a flood. Kate Shelley walked more than two miles through the storm to warn an approaching passenger train of the danger.