Tracks Located Under Alaskan Way Viaduct
- Title:
- Tracks Located Under Alaskan Way Viaduct
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Great Northern Railway: Everett and Seattle, Washington
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Zumwinkle, V.S.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 47.572043,-122.367166
- Latitude:
- 47.572043
- Longitude:
- -122.367166
- Location:
- Seattle, WA
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb59f012
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- UP
GN
NP
MILW
PCRR - Internal Number:
- Ex. 12 #8
- Exhibit Number:
- J-12
- File Name:
- 5003pb59f012.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Viaducts
Diamond crossing
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company
Pacific Coast Railroad Company
Bridges (built works)
Railroad crossings
Railroad tracks
Railroad passenger cars
Railroad yards
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Employees
Railroad cars - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Shows the tracks located under the Alaskan Way Viaduct. The street seen is Spokane Street. The tracks crossing in the center of the picture are used in common by the Northern Pacific, the Union Pacific, the Milwaukee Railroad, the Pacific Coast and the Great Northern. Note the extensive track curvature, as well as the tracks running along both sides of the the viaduct. Visibility is poor due to the curvature and the concrete pillars supporting the viaduct. All operations are controlled by hand signals. The level junction shown in picture are with the NP tracks.
- 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:
- 59
- Folder:
- 12
- 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.