Colo. & Southern, Alpine Pass, office and depot at Alpine Tunnel, Colorado from tunnel (east) side, August 6, 1939
Alternate Title
Colorado and Southern, Alpine Pass, office and depot at Alpine Tunnel, Colorado from tunnel (east) side
Creator
Poor, M. C., 1901-1973.
Date
1939 August 6
Summary
View east of the Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office, and depot at Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet), Gunnison County, Colorado shows the small dilapidated front gable clapboard structure, rooftop sign, "Alpine Tunnel" remains of a railroad signal hang out above door and an abandoned track in front of building. A two-story boarding house, built by the Colorado and Southern after the turn of the century, is beside the office. A rocky slope shows behind the structures. Site was at one time a station stop outside tunnel through Continental Divide built by the Denver South Park & Pacific Railroad in 1881-1882.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale); Railroad stations--Colorado--Alpine Tunnel; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710006498
Notes
Title hand-written on back of photoprint; also "Poor No. 536." and "credit line to M. C. Poor and Jack Thode.; R7100064982
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