Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs
 

Creator

Lloyd Stagner

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Identifier

200913509

Approximate Date

December 1945

Description

This black and white photograph features the train tracks with a crossing in the foreground. A typed note is on back of photo: 'View from West First Street railroad crossing. Notice wood fence (9' 5') and location of third wooden coal chute. Metal cylinders were used to blow down steam engines. Top of building behind railroad cars is car shops. White railroad car with railroad wheels is part of the railroad wrecker stored on this track for years. It is now stored on Track No. 5, or Click No. 505, uptown. The switch tender's shanty is out of range to the lower right of the picture. Photo taken Dec. 7, 1945. Lloyd Stagner." Full resolution copies of this file are not available.

Physical Description

5" x 7" photograph

Subject

Harvey County (Kan.), Railroad crossings, Railroad tracks, Railroad facilities

Rights

© Harvey County Historical Museum. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. To request permission, contact info@hchm.org. Please credit Harvey County Historical Museum as your source.

Publisher

Access provided by Forsyth Digital Collections

Collection

L. M. 'Mike' Hurley Collection, Photo Box 25 L. M. 'Mike' Hurley Collection

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Language

eng

Keywords

Harvey County (Kan.), Railroad crossings, Railroad tracks, Railroad facilities

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