Duplicate of Stereograph 1251, on a different mount. Stereograph of an Oregon Steam Navigation Co. employee standing on one of the company’s Vulcan steam engines, the “Betsey Baker,” at the Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1251, on a different mount. Stereograph of an Oregon Steam Navigation Co. employee standing on one of the company’s Vulcan steam engines, the “Betsey Baker,” at the Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Photograph showing 2 railroad routes. On the right, a railroad track winds around the side of a mountain. On the left, a railroad bridge crosses a steep area of the same mountain. A few automobiles and a piece of construction equipment sit near the tracks on the lower right. Typed note on the back of the print reads, "Line change - S.P.&S. Ry. Co. Sep. 8, 1951." Stamp on the back reads, "Taken by Wyatt S. Peck for Natt McDougall Company." Second stamp indicates this is a Kodachrome enlargement made by Kodak on November 1, 1951.

Photograph of an SP&S railway yard located in Cliffs, Washington. Cliffs was located alongside the Columbia River in Klickitat County, Washington. Scattered railroad cars and a locomotive stand idle on the railroad tracks in the train yard. Writing at the bottom of the print reads, "SP&S Ry. Freight Yards at Cliffs." Handwriting on the back reads, "Cliffs, Wa."

Photograph of a train carrying construction materials on flat cars. There is a second, empty railroad track in the foreground.

Photograph of railroad construction workers standing in an unfinished rock cut. Steep rock cliffs rise all around them and one person stands on the cliff above them. Railroad tracks, still under construction, end at the rock face behind the workers. Taken on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Rock cut at 1488." Second note reads, "MP 52.5 near Carson, tracks at left to river's landing."

Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad yard at the Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Stereograph of Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad tracks west of the Middle Block House, also known as Fort Rains, on the Columbia River, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1264, on a different mount. Stereograph of Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad tracks west of the Middle Block House, also known as Fort Rains, on the Columbia River, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1264, on a different mount. Stereograph of Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad tracks west of the Middle Block House, also known as Fort Rains, on the Columbia River, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1272, on a different mount. Stereograph of islands in the Columbia River, south of the Upper Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Stereograph of islands in the Columbia River, south of the Upper Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Stereograph of islands in the Columbia River, south of the Upper Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1276, on a different mount. Stereograph of islands in the Columbia River, south of the Upper Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad yard at the Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1255, on a different mount. Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad yard at the Lower Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Stereograph view of an Oregon Steam Navigation Co. steam locomotive approaching from the east on the company’s portage railroad around the Cascades of the Columbia River, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867. South of the locomotive are ruins of the High Bridge, built by the military in 1860 to cross the Hamilton Creek drainage, and the Chenoweth/Putnam tramway.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1265, on a different mount. Stereograph view of an Oregon Steam Navigation Co. steam locomotive approaching from the east on the company’s portage railroad around the Cascades of the Columbia River, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867. South of the locomotive are ruins of the High Bridge, built by the military in 1860 to cross the Hamilton Creek drainage, and the Chenoweth/Putnam tramway.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1266, on a different mount. Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s railroad tracks at the Upper Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, looking west down the Columbia River from the Upper Block House, also known as Fort Lugenbeel, 1867.

Stereograph of islands in the Columbia River, south of the Upper Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

Duplicate of Stereograph 1276, on a different mount. Stereograph of islands in the Columbia River, south of the Upper Cascades, Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

View of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. Photo taken from up river on the Oregon side of the gorge. Railroad tracks in the foreground.

Stereograph of a distant view of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, taken from the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co's railroad tracks east of Castle Rock, 1883.

Platinum print of the C.N.R.R. track on an embankment along the Klickitat River. Handwritten inscription on the back of the print reads, "C. and N. R. R. - Klickitat River." Signed, "Lily E. White," in the lower right corner of the print.

Platinum print of the Klickitat River in Washington. Handwritten inscription on the back of the print reads, "Klickitat River - Washington." Signed, "Lily E. White," in the lower right corner of the print.

Columbia River Gorge(?) view with a settlement and railroad tracks in the foreground. Caption from negative sleeve reads, "Landscape - River Gorge, R-48, LW2-29."

Construction of Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Tunnel 15 near Farrington, Washington. Two unidentified people stand on partially constructed railroad tracks underneath a wooden support structure. The Snake River is visible on the left side of the photograph. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Cable Dump (?) and Tunnel. Pine Tree Rapids. This fill is 200 feet from bottom coulee to grade. Tunnel 15 west of Farrington, M. P. 266.3"

Photograph of an SP&S railway yard located alongside the Columbia River in Cliffs, Washington. Cliffs was located in Klickitat County, Washington. Scattered railroad cars and a locomotive stand idle on the railroad tracks in the train yard. Mountains are visible across the river in Oregon. Writing at the bottom of the print is cut off, but legible part reads, "Yards at Cliffs." Handwriting on the back reads, "Cliffs, Wa."