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Caption: Photos Displayed on Marker
Additional Description: Upper Photo:
San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad (later the Santa Fe Railroad) workers build a bridge over the Kern River, circa 1898.

Lower Photo:
Workers repair Tunnel 5 on the Bakersfield to Tehachapi route after a collapse in 1920.
Submitted: December 18, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p90034
File Size: 1.054 Megabytes

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