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Basement floor plan for Union Pacific Railroad clubhouse in Caliente, Nevada: architectural drawing

Date

1946-04-12

Archival Collection

Description

From Union Pacific Railroad Collection (MS-00397). Near the bottom, the drawing says, "Basement Floor Plan, Scale 1/8" = 1'-0"." The bottom corner says, 'As Constructed.' Union Pacific Railroad Co. Office Of Chief Engineer. Caliente, Nevada. A Club House For Employees, Basement Floor Plan. Drawing No. 49322. Traced On Cloth & Revised 'As Constructed' April 12, 1946 En-Checked F.N."

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Photograph of the railroad bridge leading to the Hoover Dam gravel pit, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Railroad bridge to gravel pit for dam. Six companies utilize the railroad bridge that crosses the Colorado river behind Hoover dam.

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Photograph of four women standing at railroad depot, Las Vegas (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s

Description

Unidentified women stand in front of the SP, LA, and SL Railroad Depot in Las Vegas. This image is a framed and cropped version of image 0266_023, pho026003. The women may be "Harvey Girls," waitresses who worked at Fred Harvey's Harvey House restaurants.

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J. Ross Clark, San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, 1902-1921

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The J. Ross Clark, San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad series (1902-1921) contain the office files of J. Ross Clark, second Vice President of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake (SPLA&SL) Railroad, and younger brother of Montana Senator William Clark, who owned the railroad until he sold it to E.H. Harriman of the Union Pacific Railroad. J. Ross Clark’s Empire Construction company was responsible for the construction of the SPLA&SL Railroad. These files contain correspondence concerning Helen Stewart’s Las Vegas Ranch, which the railroad purchased, the management of the ranch after the Railroad took possession, the laying out of the Las Vegas townsite, the subsequent auction of the town lots, and the construction of the early railroad buildings in Las Vegas and California.

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Memo from H. H. Larson to Union Pacific Railroad Company employees about water conservation, February 13, 1942

Date

1942-03-13

Archival Collection

Description

Notice to all railroad employees of the importance of conserving water as much as possible.

Text

Photographic record of storm damage to Union Pacific Railroad railway lines, March 2, 1938

Date

1938-03-02

Description

Selected pages from a photographic record book of the damage to the main rail line from California to Utah from a 1938 storm. Text accompanying photos include description of track location.

Text

People outdoors near railroad tracks with tents and signs: photographic slide

Date

1978-08

Description

From the Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection (PH-00352). The tents have signs and posters on them. There is an "[Information?] poster on the tent that has some papers attached to it. Below it, there is a poster that says, "CHRISTIAN CHURCHES SPEAK". 

 

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Photograph of railroad ore cars on a trestle at Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Photograph of railroad ore cars on a trestle at Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings (Nev.), 1900-1925

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Blueprint of S.P., L.A. & S.L. Railroad employees' five room cottages, July, 1909

Date

1909-07

Archival Collection

Description

Sheet 1A of 6 Sheets. San Pedro, Los Angeles, & Salt Lake Railroad employees' cottages, five rooms, Las Vegas, Nevada. Includes various scales, plans, and elevations. The cottages were built by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company between 190-?-07.
Caption: S.P., L.A. & S.L. R.R. employees cottages, Las Vegas, Nevada, five rooms

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First floor plan for Union Pacific Railroad clubhouse in Caliente, Nevada: architectural drawing

Date

1946-04-12

Archival Collection

Description

From Union Pacific Railroad Collection (MS-00397). Near the bottom, the drawing says, "First Floor Plan, Scale 1/8" = 1'-0"." The bottom corner says, "'As Constructed.' Union Pacific Railroad Co. Office Of Chief Engineer. Caliente, Nevada. A Club House For Employees. First Floor Plan & Door & Window Schedule. Drawing No. 49323. Traced On Cloth & Revised 'As Constructed' April 12, 1946."

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