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Coal Cars On The Inclined Railway

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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
[between 1885 and 1887]
Description Level
Item
Accession No.
19991103001
Physical Description
12.7 x 17.8 cm black and white copy photograph
Scope and Content
Two sets of four coal cars each moving along the inclined railway from the North Western Coal & Navigation Company mines in the riverbottom to the Lethbridge townsite on prairie level. The cars full of coal are moving uphill, the empty cars downhill. A man is riding the loaded coal cars up the coul…
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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
[between 1885 and 1887]
Description Level
Item
Creator
Fred L Russell
Physical Description
12.7 x 17.8 cm black and white copy photograph
Physical Condition
Excellent
Acquisition Source
Greenwood Paul
Scope and Content
Two sets of four coal cars each moving along the inclined railway from the North Western Coal & Navigation Company mines in the riverbottom to the Lethbridge townsite on prairie level. The cars full of coal are moving uphill, the empty cars downhill. A man is riding the loaded coal cars up the coulee hill.
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