Call NumberX-8017Date1927 December 5SummaryThe engineers' and contractors' dormitory at the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado is a one-story gable-roofed building with a small porch with stairs and is surrounded by pines and a fence; the roof is covered in snow, and long icicles hang from the eaves. A pole and wires are nearby. Wind-blown snow creates a haze over the area; another wood building is behind the dormitory, and the East Portal to the Moffat Tunnel, with its buttresses reading "1923" and "1927," is visible through the haze. Pine- and snow-covered mountains are behind.Physical Description1 copy photonegative : black-and-white ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 8 x 14 cm (3 x 5 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectEast Portal (Colo.)Moffat TunnelDormitories--Colorado--East PortalTunnels--Colorado--East PortalCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710008017Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromRev. E. T. Bollinger 5/30/75NotesFormerly F43100. Hand-written on back of photoprint: 21.2. Restricted until 12/31/77, Hewitt Collection, Engineers & Contractors dorm East Portal. Title hand-written on back of photoprint. R7100080174
The haze is the wind-blown snow (1927 December 5). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 16/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1025699
