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View of workmen and construction equipment putting a girder into place on an unidentified railroad bridge, presumed to have been built for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, in Abo Canyon, New Mexico. Also visible are railroad tanker cars and a locomotive. Construction of the AT&SF Railway bridges, tunnels, and tracks in Abo Canyon was begun in 1905 and completed in 1908.
Creator: Moon-Keleher Studio
Date: Between 1905 and 1908
Item Number: 23923
Call Number: AT&SF Coll., Series 5 - 2.64
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 23923
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Transportation
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related - Bridges
Business and Industry - Construction - Equipment
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Construction
Business and Industry - Railroad - Bridges
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Construction and maintenance
Business and Industry - Railroad - Employees
Business and Industry - Railroad - Work trains
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1900s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Other States - New Mexico
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads - Bridges
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Construction and maintenance
Transportation - Railroads - Employees
Transportation - Railroads - Work trains
Type of Material - Photographs
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