Switching at the Fruit Vale Cannery in West Oakland Yard
- Title:
- Switching at the Fruit Vale Cannery in West Oakland Yard
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Southern Pacific Railroad: Western Division, West Oakland Yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE)
- Photographer:
- Vawter, Howard M.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 37.801515,-122.299736
- Latitude:
- 37.801515
- Longitude:
- -122.299736
- Site:
- Oakland Yard
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
Oakland Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb54f105a
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SP
- Internal Number:
- #8 R-8(a) Ex.8a 236
- Exhibit Number:
- R-8
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f105a.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Southern Pacific Freight Station
Fruitvale Cannery
Fruitvale Station
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad tracks
Railroad stations
Industries (organizations)
Railroads--Buildings and structures - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Shows the switching operation at the Fruitvale Cannery. Note sharp curvature of track into plant and movements in and out of this plant require continued movements over busy plant crossing in. Fruitvale Station in center background of picture.
- Cite As:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs #5003 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
- Box:
- 54
- Folder:
- 105a
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [https://www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.