View of an oxbow on the Cedar River and probably Chicago & North Western Railway Company tracks in probably Linn County, Iowa. Men stand on railroad tracks by a switch, signal, and a frame building. Tents are beside the river. A railroad trestle crosses the Cedar River in the distance beside smokestacks and buildings, possibly in Cedar Rapids.
Accession number: 86.200.2586; Attribution to Jackson based on the photonegative's inclusion in the History Colorado William Henry Jackson Collection.; History Colorado.; Formerly Jackson 4590.; Label on negative reads: "Copr. Detroit Photographic Co."; Number: "04590" labeled on negative.; Title labeled on glass plate.; Title penciled on negative envelope reads: "Cedar River, the narrows."; R7201028354
Chicago and North Western Railway Company--1890-1900.; Cedar River (Minn. and Iowa)--1890-1900.; Linn County (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Railroad signals--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.; Railroad switching--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.; Rivers--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.
