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Snowed under, digging out a railroad in Colorado

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Call NumberZ-4024Date1880-1890SummaryMen with shovels work to clear a pile of snow from Denver and Rio Grande Railway tracks in the Animas River canyon in San Juan County, Colorado. Shows a narrow gorge filled with snow from a snowslide, and partly buried tracks.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 41 x 27 cm (16 x 11 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver and Rio Grande Railway Company--19th centurySan Juan County (Colo.)--19th centuryAvalanches--Colorado--San Juan County--19th centuryRailroad tracks--Colorado--San Juan County--19th centuryRivers--Colorado--San Juan County--19th centurySnow removal--Colorado--San Juan County--19th centurySnow--Colorado--San Juan County--19th centuryGeographic AreaSan Juan County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711004024; Harper's weekly.Type of MaterialIllustrationsFilm negativesTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesArticle clipping attached to print describes the print. Formerly F30636; Tear sheet consists of page 52, removed from Harper's weekly, vol. XXXIX no. 1466. Title and "from a photograph. [see page 55.]" printed on tear sheet. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 copy negative ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.). R7110040249

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