Call NumberZ-3482CreatorStair, L. E.Date1887 AugSummaryA man and a boy, railroad employees, pose beside Gilpin Tramway locomotive number 181 and a flatbed car loaded with railroad ties in probably Chase Gulch near Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. An inscription on the engine reads "Gilpin."Physical Description1 photographic print : albumen ; 12 x 17 cm (5 x 7 in.) mounted on mat board.Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectGilpin Tramway Company--19th centuryBlack Hawk (Colo.)--19th centuryNarrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Black Hawk--19th centuryRailroad employees--Colorado--Black Hawk--19th centuryRailroad locomotives--Colorado--Black Hawk--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711003482Type of MaterialAlbumen printsFilm negativesPhotographic printsNotesCondition: discolored, stained, soiled. Formerly FF7231. Handwritten on back of photographic print: "Gilpin Tram #1 was builders #181, August 10, 1887, built by Lima Loc. Works. Cyl. 7" x 7" Driv. 24" wt. 10 ton"; Photographers stamp on verso. Title penciled on verso. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.). R7110034824DonorL. Wells
Stair, L. E., Gilpin County Tramway, carried ore from mines to mill in Black Hawk (1887 Aug). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 12/01/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1109270
