The engineers' and contractors' dormitory at the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado is a one-story gable-roofed building with a small porch with stairs and is surrounded by pines and a fence; the roof is covered in snow, and long icicles...
East Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel--1920-1930.; Dormitories--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.
People gather around a KOA radio broadcast microphone at a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal (Gilpin County), Colorado. An announcer holds a piece of paper and stands on a podium. Men wear suits and overcoats,...
Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company--1920-1930.; Railroad tunnels--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; East Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dedications--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.;...
Three men shovel deep snow outside of the railroad depot of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Colorado in Grand County. Signs: "Postal Telegraph Office," "Money Orders," and "Freight...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; West Portal (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Blizzards--Colorado--West Portal--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--West Portal--1930-1940.; Snow removal--Colorado--West Portal--1930-1940.
View of the entrance to the west portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel of the United States Reclamation Bureau Colorado Big Thompson Project water diversion tunnel in Grand County County, Colorado. A sign reads: "West Portal Continental Divide Tunnel,...
Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)--1940-1950.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.
The engineers' and contractors' dormitory at the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado is a gable-roofed building with a small porch with stairs, and is surrounded by pines and a fence; a pole and wires are nearby. Another wood building is...
East Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel--1920-1930.; Dormitories--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.
A railroad track for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad runs from the foreground back to the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel on Rollins Pass in Gilpin County, Colorado. A small group of tents is in the foreground. Pine trees stand along the...
Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Tents--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
A railroad track for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad runs from the foreground back to the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel on Rollins Pass in Gilpin County, Colorado. A small group of tents is in the foreground. Pine trees stand along the...
Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Tents--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
View of the Gunnison River and East Portal, the river access point of the Gunnison Tunnel Project in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado. Workshops, powerhouses, and other frame buildings are near ore cars, piles of timber,...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; East Portal (Montrose County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--East Portal--1900-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--East Portal--1900-1910.;...
Panoramic view of the Gunnison River and East Portal, the river access point of the Gunnison Tunnel Project of the U.S. Reclamation Service in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado. Workshops, a powerhouse, and other frame...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; East Portal (Montrose County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--East Portal--1900-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--East Portal--1900-1910.;...
View of the Gunnison River and an adit at the East Portal of the Gunnison Tunnel in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado. Shows men near a smokestack and possibly a generator. Other buildings are in the distance.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; East Portal (Montrose County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison Tunnel (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adits--Colorado--East Portal--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--East...
View of East Portal and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Montrose County), Colorado. Probably a powerhouse with smokestacks and other timber structures are built on excavated debris piles next to the Gunnison River. The vehicle adit for the...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; East Portal (Montrose County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison Tunnel (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adits--Colorado--East Portal--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--East...
View of log cabins from across the river at East Portal, the river access point of the Gunnison Tunnel Project of the U.S. Reclamation Service in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Montrose County), Colorado. Tracks or footprints are on the...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; East Portal (Montrose County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--East Portal--1900-1910.; Log Cabins--Colorado--East Portal--1900-1910.;...
View of trestle and tracks, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, West Portal, Grand County, Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Trestles--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.
View of the sawmill at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado. Power station next to wood-frame, industrial building with gable. Piles of lumber, tree stumps, and debris.
West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Power plants--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.
View looking down on a sawmill and Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad freight cars, West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.
View of a lumber yard and sawmill with logs and stacked lumber, near the Moffat Tunnel at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado.
West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Lumber--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.
View of wooden trestle and construction sheds, Denver & Rio Grande West Railroad, West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Trestles--Colorado--West...
Close-up view of the Gunnison River and buildings at East Portal, the river access point of the Gunnison Tunnel Project of the U.S. Reclamation Service in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado. Shows smokestacks of probably a...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; East Portal (Montrose County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--East Portal--1900-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--East Portal--1900-1910.;...
View of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison near the East Portal of the Gunnison Tunnel (Montrose County), Colorado. A horse-drawn, covered wagon is on the road above the Gunnison River and the settlement at East Portal.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; East Portal (Montrose County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Montrose...
View of the East Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Larimer County, Colorado. Shows tracks, pipes, rocks and signs that read: "U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation,...
Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Larimer County--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--Larimer County--1940-1950.
View of a tunnel portal and dump associated with the construction of Highway 6 beside Clear Creek in Jefferson or Clear Creek County, Colorado. A dirt road snakes around the rocky landform. Equipment sits outside the tunnel entrance.
Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Streams--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--1940-1950.
The smokestacks of the W. H. Wood sawmill at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado, belch thick smoke. Logs and lumber are piled around the mill buildings.
West Portal (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--West Portal--1910-1930.; Mills--Colorado--West Portal--1910-1930.
View of a Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge railroad trestle that spans the Fraser River, West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Fraser River (Colo.)--1930-1940.; West Portal (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroads--Colorado--West Portal--1930-1940.; Trestles--Colorado--West Portal--1930-1940.
Scaffolding frames the west entrance to the Moffat Tunnel, which is under construction at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado. Snow blankets the ground and narrow gauge tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1920-1930.; West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--West...
Miners Frank Chambers, Ira M. Gilbert, R. J. Burge, Fatty Andrews, Billy Latimor, and Frank Tervarsion pose on a tramway engine at the Gunnison Tunnel near East Portal, Montrose County, Colorado.
Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--East Portal--1880-1910.; East Portal (Montrose County, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Miners--Colorado--East Portal--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--East Portal--1880-1910.
View of log cabins at East Portal, the river access point of the Gunnison Tunnel Project of the U.S. Reclamation Service in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado. Men and carriages are near the water and a box is strung on a...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; East Portal (Montrose County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--East Portal--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--East Portal--1900-1910.;...
View from across the river of log cabins at East Portal, the river access point of the Gunnison Tunnel Project of the U.S. Reclamation Service in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado. Trees and carriages are beside the...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; East Portal (Montrose County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--East Portal--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--East Portal--1900-1910.;...
The East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado is partly obscured by steam. Gable-roofed residences for the workers are on the north side of the approach to the tunnel; two sets of railroad tracks lead into the tunnel and people work around them....
East Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel--1920-1930.; Dormitories--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.
Gable-roofed residences for the workers at the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado are on the north mountainside of the approach to the tunnel. Cars are parked near the buildings; a single figure and a man driving a two- horse wagon are...
East Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel--1920-1930.; Dormitories--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.
Gable-roofed workers' residences and business buildings at the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado are on the north mountainside and in the valley of the approach to the tunnel. Train tracks run in front of the buildings and into the...
East Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel--1920-1930.; Dormitories--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.
The East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado has railroad tracks leading into it from three directions, and small railroad cars and logs are in the yard in front of the entrance into the moutain. Gable- roofed residences for the workers are on...
East Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel--1920-1930.; Dormitories--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.
The East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado is a square hole into the mountain with a chimney-like structure over it. Railroad tracks go into the entrance, and a wood bridge is above it, where a sign reads, "Hitchcock & Tinkler, Inc.,...
East Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel--1920-1930.; Dormitories--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.
26, 1928 when the first passenger train passed through it. (Moffat died in 1911 and thus never saw his dream become a reality.) The tunnel passed under James Peak and eliminated the 27-mile trip up the steep grade of Rollins Pass, effectively ...
View of the Prowers Bridge which takes U.S. 34 over the Arkansas River in Bent County Colorado. The bridge is a five-span through truss bridge. The bridge was originally a pile bridge, constructed by the Kansas City Bridge Company in 1900, trusses...
Prowers Bridge (Bent County, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bent County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Truss bridges.; Historic sites.; Prowers Bridge (Bent County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Truss bridges--Colorado--Bent County--Pictorial works.; Historic...
View of the locomotive yard at the West Portal construction site of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. Shows men, mine locomotives, corrugated sheds, power station, a...
Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.
Workers stand beside railroad tracks, tools and ladders inside the the west portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel of the United States Reclamation Bureau Colorado Big Thompson Project water diversion tunnel (west portal of the Continental Divide...
Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)--People--1940-1950.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.;...
View of the West Portal of the Continental Divide Tunnel (Alva Adams Tunnel), a part of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, during construction on the east end of Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado. The work was undertaken by the United States...
United States. Bureau of Reclamation--Facilities.; Water diversion--Colorado--Grand County--1930-1940.; Water tunnels--Colorado--Grand County--1930-1940.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
View of the U.S. Customs House entrance and steps, located at 18th (Eighteenth) and Stout streets in Denver, Colorado. The arched brick portal has decorative fanlight, columns and a frontispiece that reads: "United States Custom House." A scaffold...
United States. Bureau of Customs--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Customshouses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
Snowbanks surround two Denver, Leadville and Gunnison railroad trains that are stopped on railroad tracks near the East Portal of the Alpine tunnel in Chaffee County, Colorado. A man sits on the back platform on one train.
Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway Company--1890-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
View of a Colorado Midland Railroad train next to the west portal of the Ivanhoe-Busk Tunnel in (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows train tracks and a mine shafthouse.
The narrow gauge tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad are blocked by a wire fence near West Portal, Colorado (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park) in Grand County. A wooden fence with barbed wire on top encloses an area next to the...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fences--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.
View of the sawmill at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Colorado in Grand County. Large logs in front of sawmill. Piles of logs and lumber near outhouse.
West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.
View of the narrow gauge tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Colorado in Grand County.
West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.
Governor William H. "Billy" Adams shakes hands with a man on the caboose of a train possibly to commemorate the opening of the Moffat Tunnel near East Portal (Gilpin County), Colorado. Other men are on the train car platform.
East Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Governors--Colorado--1920-1930.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; Shaking hands--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; Adams, William Herbert, 1861-1954.
View, facing northeast, Weber Street, of Grace Episcopal Church and Parish House, El Paso County, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The rusticated brick Church has a pitched roof, tent-roofed belfry topped with a cross, and compound pointed arched portal...
Grace Episcopal Church (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
Interior view of the dilapidated boarding house hotel, at the west portal of the Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado, includes old bunk beds, one leans on another bed, a small table, debris, boarded up window, and a broken chair....
Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1940-1950.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison County--1940-1950.; Interiors--1940-1950.
Spectators stand beside Denver and Salt Lake railroad tracks, locomotive number "205," and Union Pacific passenger cars at the celebration of the opening of the Moffat Tunnel in East Portal (Gilpin County), Colorado. People wear overcoats and hats....
Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company--1920-1930.; Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dedications--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.;...
A cluster of houses is in the right midground in this view of Eldora looking west from the Mogul Tunnel in Boulder County, Colorado. (The Mogul Tunnel was planned by John A. (Jack) Gilfillan in 1897 and was financed by Pennsylvania and New York...
Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Tunnels--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.
1897. The project was financed by Pennsylvania and New York capitalists. The large portal was near the base of Spencer Mountain and contained two sets of tracks to haul loaded ore cars from mining points to bins near the portal, where the ore could...
Mining engineers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cats--Colorado--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Gilfillan, John A.