Photograph, taken in the Columbia River Gorge, showing the Columbia River, the forested areas on either side of the river, and railroad tracks curving along the shoreline on the right. At center right, the tracks cross a bridge. Image note: Light leaks on negative.
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."
Photograph of a construction area located between the spillway of the Bonneville Dam and several railroad tracks. The Columbia River flows around the construction site and through the open spillways of the dam. There are 2 stamps on the back of the print. One is for Photo-Art Commercial Studios and the other for West Coast Engraving Co.
Photograph of a fishwheel on the Columbia River in the Columbia River Gorge. Two sets of railroad tracks pass the fishwheel. Taken from the Oregon side of the gorge, looking across the Columbia River at a large mountain in Washington in the background. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Oregon side, North Columbia River Fish Wheel (Trap)" Stamps on the front and back of the print indicate a 1909 copyright by Kiser Photo Co. for SP&S Railway.
Photograph of an SP&S locomotive pulling a train past Beacon Rock on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. Taken from the side of the railroad track, the locomotive travels toward the camera. The Columbia River is on the right. Handwriting on the back of the print reads, "Beacon Rock, Washington, Cascade Range, Columbia River, S.P.&S. Ry." Second handwritten note reads, "Mrs. Crozier." Stamps on the front and back of the print indicate a 1909 copyright by Kiser Photo Co. for SP&S Railway.
Photograph of 4 railroad construction workers standing in an unfinished rock cut. Steep rock cliffs rise all around them. Railroad tracks, still under construction, end at the rock face behind them. Taken on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Rock cut at 1488 near Carson landing." Second note reads, "Return to Traffic Dept., SP.S Ry."
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."
Photograph of a large pile of rock and debris formed by a blast at a railroad construction site on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. On the right, a person stands on the edge of a cliff, above the debris. A railroad is visible behind the debris. There is a large rock formation behind the railroad on the left. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Shot from 400 kegs powder at 'Briton's Peak' Smith Creek near Carson landing."
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.
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.
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 1255, on a different mount. 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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.