Center of Southwest Studies

Collection  P 001:
Southwest  Colorado general photograph collection
Category III.2: Other railroads 

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Title: Silverton Railroad's Corkscrew Gulch covered turntable under construction      1899       
Call#: 
SWP 001 III-02-23;     Negative# (if any): 1035
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Subjects ~ Notes: Silverton Railroad (Colo.); ; Railroads - Colorado - Curves and turnouts - Pictorial works; Corkscrew Gulch (Colo.)  ~  Railroad tracks in the mountains leading to a covered turn table or roundhouse so that a train can in essence turn a switchback. The hillside to the left is cleared of trees and there is some snow cover on the mountain peaks in the background.   

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