Southern Pacific Railroad's train track washout as viewed atop the ditch, San Dimas vicinity, about 1899

Item Overview

Title

Southern Pacific Railroad's train track washout as viewed atop the ditch, San Dimas vicinity, about 1899

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

[circa 1899]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of a wide ditch created by the washout of the Southern Pacific Railroad near San Dimas. The tunnel view looks down into the ditch from above. It is widest along the bottom edge of the frame and recedes into the distance at center. A portion of the track extends into the frame at right. The track remnants hang over the ditch. Tall earthen walls sink down along either side of the ditch. A fence lines the top of the ditch at right and utility poles line the top of the ditch at left. Trees and hills stand in the far distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1171. San Dimas, California, about 1899. Three views of a very bad washout of the S.P.R.R. railroad between Bassett and Covina Couple S.P. surveyors down in the washed out roadbed, but cannot identify them. 3 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Ditches--California--San Dimas
Railroad tracks--California--San Dimas
Erosion--California--San Dimas

Names

Southern Pacific Railroad Company

Location

California--San Dimas

Resource type

still image