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Photographer: Syd Whittle
Taken: June 13, 2010
Caption: Information On Display at the New Melones Reservoir Visitor Center
Additional Description: The Sierra Railway The Angels Camp Spur of the Sierra Railway played a key role in transporting labor and materials into the area. The builders faced a formidable task in its construction. Here the train had to scale the 700-foot-deep Stanislaus River Canyon. The final solution included a number of switchbacks that kept the railroad grade gentle enough for loaded trains to climb out of the canyon.

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The diagram below shows the route of the railway and the switchbacks. The photograph above depicts the bridge that carried trains across the Stanislaus River.
Submitted: June 29, 2010, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p115061
File Size: 1.804 Megabytes

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