Call NumberX-2093Datecirca 1895SummaryView is south on Main Street, Blackhawk, Colorado; shows flat railroad cars and a specially-built track to load out the debris washed down through town by heavy flooding. Flooding was common a occurrence as a result of extensive lumber harvests. The lack of trees on the hillsides made erosion in heavy rain inevitable. Visible are: The Black Hawk Boiler and Sheet Iron Works, Geo. Stroehle & Sons, Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco, McLaughlin XXX Coffee. The highline to Central City is in the upper right.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBlackhawk (Colo.)--19th centuryFloods--Colorado--Blackhawk--19th centuryStreets--Colorado--Blackhawk--19th centuryGeographic AreaBlackhawk (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710002093Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsNotesFormerly F38625. Hand-written on back of photoprint: Digging on either side of flatcars. Blackhawk Boiler and Sheet Iron Works at left; McLaughlin XXX sign at right. Title supplied by cataloger. R7100020938
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