Horseshoe Curve Crew

Altoona Area Public Library - Historical Photographs

About

Subject

Railroads--Horseshoe Curve--Workers

Description

Depiction of seven original crew members who worked on the Horseshoe Curve. 1850 ca.

Date

1850 ca.

Location Covered

United States--Pennsylvania--Blair County

Time Period Covered

Antebellum Period

Type

Image

Digital Format

image/TIFF

Date Digitized

2018-01

Provenance

Donated by unknown to Williamsburg Public Library then donated from Williamsburg to Altoona Area Public Library. A stamp on the reverse has a name for the original owner H. T. Williams of Duncansville.

Relation

Local History Collection--Photos--Railroad Photos

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Contributing Institution

Altoona Area Public Library

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.