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1. Horseshoe Bend near Wolf Creek, Southern Pacific Railroad, Shasta Route
Horseshoe Bend near Wolf Creek, Southern Pacific Railroad, Shasta Route
2. Logging railroad track in a forest
Logging railroad track in a forest
3. "The Needles", Columbia River, Oregon
"The Needles", Columbia River, Oregon
Description
"The Needles" is also known as the "Pillars of Hercules."
4. West end tunnel no. 1 on the P.R. & N. Railroad
West end tunnel no. 1 on the P.R. & N. Railroad
Description
P. R. & N. Railroad was the Pacific Railway & Navigation Company.
5. Railroad turntable just above Detroit, Oregon, circa 1900
Railroad turntable just above Detroit, Oregon, circa 1900
6. Detroit, Oregon, early 1900's
Detroit, Oregon, early 1900's
7. "Pillars of Hercules, on the O.R. & N"
"Pillars of Hercules, on the O.R. & N"
Description
Rock features of the Columbia River. The storm God of the mountains fashioned these pillars; about them dwelt the guardian angels of the God Coyote. The image appears in the following publication, "Snap Shots on the Columbia."
8. Driving last spike into railroad
Driving last spike into railroad
Description
This picture shows the crowd at Huntington. United States Senator James H. Slater, who was a passenger on the first through train to make the trip from Portland, was the Principal speaker at the celebration.
9. Albany water power
Albany water power
Description
Albany water power with the Oregon Electric Railroad tracks overhead.
10. The elevated
The elevated
Description
Transportation problems in New York are peculiar because of conformation of area on which the city is built. An interesting street that starts near the Battery is Water Street, which follows the water front on the East Side with numerous jogs, passes under Brooklyn and goes on up the East Side. The famous old Jerry McAuley mission is on Water Street under Brooklyn Bridge. Broadway, one of the world's famous streets, starts from Bowling Green and runs northward at somewhat of an angle through the entire length of Manhattan Island, on through Yonkers and continued as an unbroken highway to Albany, the state capital. Bowling Green has been famous in history and is still one of the best known places in the city. It was here that Washington reviewed the Federal procession to commemorate the ratification by New York State of the Federal Constitution in 1787. It is from this point that many present day parades start. No. 1 Broadway is occupied by the Washington Building, built by Cyrus W. Field, whose name is connected with the Atlantic Cable. This building was once the tallest in the city. Robert Fulton died in a house just back of this building. The Bowling Green Building at No. 9 is now owned by the Goulds. Daniel Webster's home was for a time in Nos. 17 and 19 Broadway. At Nos. 21 and 27 stood the hotel where Jenny Lind stopped, now occupied by the Cunard Building. At No. 52 Broadway, below Wall Street, stood, until recently, the first successful skyscraper, built in New York City in 1884. It was only eight stories high but it demonstrated the feasibility of skeleton steel construction and made the present New York City possible. The Adams Building, Nos. 56 and 61 Broadway, contains many beautiful offices. In No. 61 Broadway are the headquarters of the Rockefeller Foundation, which controls millions of dollars, and which is doing much along the lines of health education in this country and abroad.