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Locomotive (Argentine Central) Shay No. 1

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Call Number	MCC-3161
Title	Locomotive (Argentine Central) Shay No. 1
Title-Alternative	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.
Subject	Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1910. Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910. Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910. Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910. Ames, George. Dunning, Bill.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Film negatives.; Glass negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Relation	Image File: ZZR700073161
Format-Medium	Photograph
Filename	00073161.tif

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