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Union Pacific Railroad Bridges Photograph Collection, 1894, undated

Overview of the Collection

Title: Union Pacific Railroad Bridges Photograph Collection
Dates: 1894, undated (inclusive)
Quantity: 42 photographic prints
Collection Number: PG 60
Summary: Photographs of Union Pacific railroad bridges in southern Idaho depicting their construction, maintenance, and replacement.
Repository: University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Content Description

This collection contains 42 photographs of Union Pacific railroad bridges in southern Idaho depicting their construction, maintenance, and replacement.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[description of item], Union Pacific Railroad Bridges Photograph Collection (PG 60), Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.

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Administrative Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Photographs
- Description: Bridge #217. Snake River, American Falls, ID. Old bridge. Side view of train crossing bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-01
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #217. Snake River, American Falls, ID. New bridge. Train crossing bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-02
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #217. Snake River, American Falls, ID. Old bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-03
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #217. Snake River, American Falls, ID. New bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-04
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #217. Snake River, American Falls, ID. View of old pier.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-05
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #217. Snake River, American Falls, ID. View of new pier, two men working stone.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-06
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #217. Snake River, American Falls, ID. Old bridge, showing new piers.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-07
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #217. Snake River, American Falls, ID. New bridge from low angle.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-08
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Snake River, American Falls, ID.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-09
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #217. Snake River, American Falls, ID. Old bridge, showing new piers. Low angle view.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-10
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #309. Boise River near Caldwell, ID. Old bridge, spans.
  
  4 x 6-1/2 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: June 1984
  
  Container: Object 60-11
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #309. Boise River near Caldwell, ID. Old bridge, trestle approach. High water.
  
  5 x 6-1/2 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: June 1985
  
  Container: Object 60-12
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #309. Boise River near Caldwell, ID. New bridge, three spans. Side view.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-13
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #309. Boise River near Caldwell, ID. View through new bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-14
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: ridge #309. Boise River near Caldwell, ID. Long view of construction work on new bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-15
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #309. Boise River near Caldwell, ID. Close view of construction work on new bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-16
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #296. Indian Creek. Side view of new bridge, one span.
  
  5x7 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-17
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #327. Snake River, second crossing (east channel). Old bridge, six spans.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-18
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #327. Snake River, second crossing (east channel). New bridge, three spans.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-19
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #327. Snake River, second crossing (east channel). Old bridge. Construction work.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-20
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #327. Snake River, second crossing (east channel). New bridge, view of one span.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-21
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #327. Snake River, second crossing (east channel). Workers working on new bridge. View from bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-22
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #327. Snake River, second crossing (east channel). Pile driver(?) at old bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-23
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #327. Snake River, second crossing (east channel). Construction work on third span of new bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-24
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #327. Snake River, second crossing (east channel). View of man walking down railroad tracks across new bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-25
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge#327. Snake River, second crossing (east channel). Close-up of construction worker working on new bridge. Other workers visible in background.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-26
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #327. Snake River, second crossing (east channel). Steam engine at new bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-27
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #328. Snake River, second crossing (west channel). Old bridge, four spans, view of two spans.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-28
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #328. Snake River, second crossing (west channel). New bridge, two spans.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-29
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #328. Snake River, second crossing (west channel). Long side view of train crossing new bridge,two spans.
  
  5x7 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-30
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #334. Snake River, third crossing (east channel). Old bridge, two spans.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-31
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #334. Snake River, third crossing (east channel). New bridge, one span.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-32
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #334. Snake River, third crossing (east channel). Old bridge. Close view of train crossing bridge
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-33
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #334. Snake River, third crossing (east channel). View of men across new bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-34
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #335. Snake River, third crossing (west channel). Old bridge, eight spans.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-35
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #335. Snake River, third crossing (west channel). New bridge, four spans.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-36
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #335. Snake River, third crossing (west channel). Side view of pile driver barge along the side of old bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-37
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #335. Snake River, third crossing (west channel). Close-up view of construction workers working on old bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-38
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #335. Snake River, third crossing (west channel). View from riverbank of men on old bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-39
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridges #334 and #335. Snake River, third crossing (east and west channels). Second bridge visible throughout the first.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-40
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #335. Snake River, third crossing (west channel). View from bridge of construction work on old bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-41
  
  Location: Photographs
- Description: Bridge #335. Snake River, third crossing (west channel). View from tracks of construction work on new bridge.
  
  4-1/2 x 3-3/4 inch black & white print
  
  Dates: undated
  
  Container: Object 60-42
  
  Location: Photographs

Union Pacific Railroad Bridges Photograph Collection, 1894, undated

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Photographs

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