Call NumberC-10CreatorCollier, JosephDate1877-1890SummaryStereographic view of a large water tank next to a segment of track of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad at the mouth of Deer Creek, west of Crossons in the Platte Canyon southwest of Denver, Colorado. The water tank was replaced by a larger tank at Crossons in the late 1880s. The image was taken from under and is framed by Arch Rock, a landmark along the South Park line. Water runs around large rocks in the creek in the foreground.Physical Description1 copy photonegative : half stereograph ; 11 x 9 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.); 1 photonegative : glass, half stereograph ; 13 x 10 cm (5 x 3 3/4 in.); 1 photoprint : half stereograph ; 25 x 20 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCrossons (Colo.)Platte Canyon (Colo.)Railroad tracks--Colorado--Jefferson CountyRock formations--Colorado--CrossonsStreams--Colorado--Jefferson CountyWater tanks--Colorado--CrossonsCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700130010Type of MaterialFilm negativesGlass negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsStereographsNotesArch Rock and Deer Creek tank (about 1 mile west of Crossen in Platte Canon) penciled on back of print. Glass plate has strips of tan paper stuck to three edges. Title supplied by cataloger. R7001300102Languageeng
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