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Original Rail Marker
Photographer: Connor Olson
Taken: April 16, 2021
Caption: Original Rail Marker
Additional Description: Photo Captions: Pear rail carried the original Jupiter and No. 119 to the Wedding of the Rails at Promontory Summit on May 10th, 1869.
Union Pacific crews laying pear rail in 1866. Laying rail, which weighed 56 lbs. per yard, was back breaking work.
Submitted: April 19, 2021, by Connor Olson of Kewaskum, Wisconsin.
Database Locator Identification Number: p580590
File Size: 5.075 Megabytes

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