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Photograph of railroad tunnel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1927

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Date

1927

Description

Widening a railroad tunnel between Las Vegas and Caliente. The plan was to double track the Union Pacific Railroad (U.P.R.R.), but the Great Depression occurred and work was never completed. Iowa civil engineer John Muceus is working on the project.

Digital ID

pho012950

Physical Identifier

0214_0017
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Citation

pho012950. Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection. PH-00214. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d17d2q89j.

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Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Extent

4960 x 6159 pixels
8.2667 x 10.265 inches
30572988 bytes

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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image/tiff