Call NumberL-48CreatorLake, Harry H., 1860-1952Date1900-1910SummaryColorado and Southern locomotive No. 13 pulls a train up the "Switch Back" above Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado, leaving a trail of black smoke behind it. The Switch Back enabled trains to travel the steep, 1-mile distance between Central City and Blackhawk. A large trestle crosses the gulch in the foreground. The shafthouse of the Running Lode Mine stands above a large pile of tailings in the midground.Physical Description1 copy photonegative |8 x 11 cm (3 x 4 1/4 in.)|1 photonegative : glass |10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.)|1 photoprint |20 x 25 cm (7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)SubjectMining--Colorado--Gilpin CountyRailroad locomotives--Colorado--Gilpin CountyColorado and Southern Railway.Related MaterialImage File: ZZR700120048Type of MaterialFilm negativesGlass negativesNotesEmulsion is flaking from edges of glass plate. Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library. Words "Train on Switchback - photo shows two of its lifts below Black Hawk Looking southwest toward Bobtail Hill. Running Lode shafthouse, left center Carr shafthouse upper left. Ref. Plate #50|Colorado's Little Kingdom - Kemp - H.H. Lake Photo. 1899" penciled on back of print. R7001200483Languageeng
Lake, Harry H., 1860-1952, Black Hawk, Colo. (1900-1910). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 29/04/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1116250
