Industrial Plants, West Oakland Yard
- Title:
- Industrial Plants, 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:
- 5003pb54f118
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SP
- Internal Number:
- #11 11(a) 215
- Exhibit Number:
- R-11
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f118.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- American Can Company
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Industries (organizations)
Railroads--Freight
Railroad crossings - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Shows various industrial ares serviced out of the west Oakland Yard was taken on the north side of the American Can Company. Note complexity of tracks of that no matter how engine is operated it requires a close lookout from both sides of engine to make switching movements without injury to life or property.
- 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:
- 118
- 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.