East Portland, Steel Bridge in Background
- Title:
- East Portland, Steel Bridge in Background
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Southern Pacific Railroad: Brooklyn Yards (Portland, Oregon)
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Pippy, Herman D.
- Coordinates:
- 45.527506,-122.669247
- Latitude:
- 45.527506
- Longitude:
- -122.669247
- Site:
- Steel Bridge
- Location:
- Portland, OR
Steel Bridge - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb55f028
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SP
- Internal Number:
- 26.-24
- Exhibit Number:
- S-11
- File Name:
- 5003pb55f028.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Bridges (built works)
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroad switches - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Southern Pacific main tracks to extreme left of the small buildings on the left. Union Pacific main tracks to and from eastern Oregon are in the foreground and the Union Pacific back track is to the extreme right. Movement over all tracks at this point are controlled by interlocking signals. Curvature of tracks and impaired vision.
- 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:
- 55
- Folder:
- 28
- 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.