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English: Great Northern Railway switchback, ca. 1892   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Anders Beer Wilse  (1865–1949)  wikidata:Q144339
 
Anders Beer Wilse
Description Norwegian photographer
father of Robert Charles Wilse
Date of birth/death 12 June 1865 Edit this at Wikidata 21 February 1949 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Flekkefjord Municipality Oslo
Work period 1900–49
Work location
Kristiania (Oslo), Kragerø, Seattle
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q144339
Title
English: Great Northern Railway switchback, ca. 1892
Description
English:

During the winter of 1892-1893, workers extended the Great Northern Railway tracks through Stevens Pass in the Cascade Mountains. Construction work continued even in heavy snow. This photo, taken by Anders Wilse during the winter of 1892-1893, shows a switchback west of the summit at Stevens Pass. A switchback is a sharp s-curve of tracks, usually used to zigzag up (or down) a steep slope. The structure near the upper track (center left) is a water tower which supplied water to the locomotives.

Title on photo: Great Northern switchback, west side, Cascade Range Wash.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Railroad construction & maintenance; Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) ; Railroad tracks; Mountains; Snow; Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
Depicted place
English: Stevens Pass (Wash.)
Date circa 1892
date QS:P571,+1892-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 glass negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
6436
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain

The author died in 1949, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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Anders Beer Wilse Photographs, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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