Tracks Leading to River
- Title:
- Tracks Leading to River
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Illinois Central Railroad: Memphis Division
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Howell, Fred D.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 34.521614 ,-90.582166
- Latitude:
- 34.521614
- Longitude:
- -90.582166
- Location:
- Helena, AR
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb56f052
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- IC
- Internal Number:
- #47
- Exhibit Number:
- N-29
- File Name:
- 5003pb56f052.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Mississippi River
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Shipping
Steamboats
Railroads--Freight
Railroad crossings
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Ferry operation between Trotters Point, MS and Helena, AK. Photo taken from Arkansas side. Taken over on the other Arkansas side of the Mississippi River and shows the incline on that side which leads down to the ferry. Here again notice the poor housekeeping on the incline. Observe the weeds growing up along the right of way. The concrete retaining wall shown on the left side of the picture and the concrete wall shown on the right side of the picture both cut down visibility and make it essential to have a look-out on both sides of the locomotive. You will notice a footpath in the middle of the track that leads from incline to the sea wall. This is used by pedestrians going to and from the river. Because the sea wall blocks the view of both pedestrians and the engine crew it is most important to keep close observation in order to prevent injury to pedestrians in this area. Float operations are carried out across the Mississippi River in all kinds of weather. Vision is often times obstructed by dense fog.
- 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:
- 56
- Folder:
- 52
- 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.