Depot at Truckee, 119 miles from Sacramento

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Depot at Truckee, 119 miles from Sacramento

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Alfred A. Hart

American Photographer · 1816–1908

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As official photographer of the Central Pacific Railroad, Alfred A. Hart spent five years documenting the construction of this legendary railroad from Sacramento, California, to Promontory Summit, Utah. Between 1864 and 1869, Hart accompanied the engineers and crews as they made their way across valleys, deserts, and mountains, building trestles, digging tunnels, and constructing enormous embankme

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Date
1862–1869
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
6cae64db-f8d6-4d25-ab5c-bc94c774d0e8

View of a train station, two railroads running through the center that converge into one in the lower left corner of the frame. In the background to the left are rows of houses. To the right are multiple parked steam engines.

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