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Building the Wellington Railroad


Title	Building the Wellington Railroad
Image ID Number	H07929
Date	1902; 1908; 1911
Decade	1900s 1910s
Description	Black and white photograph of a black and white photograph of the building of the Wellington Railroad. In the photo there is a C & S train and several layed out railroad ties places beside where the track is being layed down. On the back of the photo in black ink is written "Small Colorado Railroad began laying tracks in 1902 from Fort Collins to Wellington Colorado and Southern Railroad in 1908 purchased railway and completed construction Oct. 15, 1911. From Ahlbrandt's "History of Wellington.""
Content Type	object
Historical Context	Sugar Beets 1900-1919
Subject	Railroads Railroad tracks Railroad locomotives
Image Source	Historical Collection
Format	image/jpeg
Image Collection	Historical Collection
File Location	LC Places - Wellington
Language	English
Image Origin	Print
Digitization Format	Epson Expression 10000XL; Adobe Photoshop 6.0; TIFF 800 dpi; JPEG 72 dpi
Collection Name	HistoricPhotographs

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The Water Ways Photograph Database provides 1200 photographs associated with Larimer County water history.