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| Title | Wagon train deployed for the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad, Echo Canyon, Utah, 1867 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1867 |
| Notes | On verso of image: Wagon train loaded with supplies for the construction department moving down Echo Canyon, Utah, during building of the Union Pacific. Grade of the railroad is shown at right - 1867. Echo Canyon, Utah, is where Brigham Young first viewed his "Zion" (Salt Lake City) - 1847 - The intervals between wagons will give you an idea as to how long Gen. Lee's and Gen. Grant's wagon trains of 10, 000 wagons for each army, stretched out and the length of time it took to pass a given point. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Wagon trains--Utah--Echo Canyon
Ox teams--Utah--Echo Canyon
Echo Canyon (Utah)
Canyons--Utah
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| Location Depicted | United States--Utah--Echo Canyon |
| Digital Collection | Transportation Collection
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| Order Number | TRA0248 |
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| Negative Number | UW11224 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Transportation Collection |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2001. |
