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This photograph shows a view of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's construction crew members swinging a 100 foot girder into place, on the third span of the second railroad bridge, crossing the Abo River at Abo Canyon, New Mexico. Also visible are a tanker car, locomotive, and rail cars. Construction on the bridges, tunnels, and tracks in Abo Canyon began in 1905 and was completed in 1908.
Date: Between 1905 and 1908
Item Number: 23919
Call Number: ATSF Series 5, #2.32
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 23919
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Transportation
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related - Bridges
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 - 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 - Work trains
Type of Material - Photographs
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