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View of men and a Lantry-Sharp Construction Company locomotive positioned over a tunnel in Abo Canyon, New Mexico. Also visible are a man standing next to the tunnel entrance and building supplies. Construction of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway bridges, tunnels, and tracks in Abo Canyon was begun in 1905 and completed in 1908. The Lantry-Sharp Construction Company was a contractor on the project.
Date: Between 1905 and 1908
Item Number: 23924
Call Number: AT&SF Coll., Series 5 - 65
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 23924
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Transportation
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related - Tunnels
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Construction and maintenance
Business and Industry - Railroad - Locomotives - Steam
Business and Industry - Railroad - Tunnels
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 - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Construction and maintenance
Transportation - Railroads - Locomotives - Steam
Transportation - Railroads - Tunnels
Type of Material - Photographs
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