People gather around a KOA radio broadcast microphone at a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal (Gilpin County), Colorado. An announcer holds a piece of paper and stands on a podium. Men wear suits and overcoats, caps and fedoras. A photographer in knickers and tall boots holds a camera. Colorado Governor William "Billy" Adams holds a spike maul and stands in the middle of Denver and Salt Lake Railway tracks; former Colorado Governor Oliver H. Shoup holds a spike maul and stands nearby. Shows spectators on the concrete portal wall, and a Moffat Tunnel plaque near the tracks.
Description
1 photographic print ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company--1920-1930; Railroad tunnels--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930; East Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1920-1930; Dedications--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930; Governors--Colorado--1920-1930; Photographers--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930; Railroad tracks--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930; Tunnels--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930; Adams, William Herbert, 1861-1954; Shoup, Oliver H.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR711005674
Notes
"Completion of Moffat Tunnel" inked on verso.; Formerly F33817; Title inked on photographic print.; Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: : 1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.).; R7110056745
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