L. C. McClure collection 1890-1935, album III, 141
Creator(s)
McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957.
Summary
Argentine Central Locomotive Engine Number 1, Lima 1561, constructed in 1905, first narrow-gauge Shay gear-driven engine designed for line's steep grades and tight curves, at railroad's lower terminus, Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows Bill Dunning in cab, George Ames, fireman; wood frame gable house and rocky slopes with mine tailings in background.
Date
[between 1905 and 1909]
Notes
Copy negative made from vintage photographic print.; Glass plated oxidation; masked and retouched by photographer.; Title from inventory prepared by Western History Department, Denver Public Library.; R7000731619
Physical Description
1 copy photonegative ; 9 x 11 cm. (3 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.); 1 photonegative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
L. C. McClure collection 1890-1935.; L. C. McClure collection 1890-1935, album III.
