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Map showing profile of 24-inch cast iron water pipeline for Las Vegas, Nevada, May 20, 1930

Date
1930-05-20
Description
'As constructed. Drawing W.O. - 8577. Office of Chief Engineer, Los Angeles. Drawing No. 41092.' 'Scale for details 1"=10'. 5-20-1930. P.F.D.' 'Scale 1"=100'.' 'Profile of new 24" CI pipe. Scale 1"=600'. Ver. 1"=20'.' Blueprint. Map of the water pipes for Las Vegas. Includes the buildings in the railroad yard, a detailed map of a section of the pipe, a profile of the 24 inch C.I. pipe, and a map of the point of diversion. Date of detailed map is 5-20-1930. Library's copy has hand-written additions in color. Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Co., Office of Chief Engineer,

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Photograph of Ryan, California, 1928

Date
1920 to 1928
Description
Transcribed from behind photograph, "Ryan, California, showing Death Valley Railroad ore bins, before 1928." Transcribed from front of photograph, "103- Ryan, Cal. looking north."

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D. C. Frazer Photograph Collection

PH-00391
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The D. C. Frazer Photograph Collection (approximately 1970-1979) consists of six black-and-white photographs of various Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad workers, engine cars, and the repair shop located in Ludlow, California from approximately the 1910s through the 1930s. All photographs are reproductions.

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Mallory H. Ferrell Photograph Collection

PH-00305
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The Mallory H. Ferrell Photograph Collection (approximately 1900-1935) is comprised of nine black-and-white photographic prints depicting railroads, locomotives, and mines in Tonopah, Nevada and Tecopa, California.

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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker and R. B. Robertson (Los Angeles) to C. R. Gray (Omaha), April 20, 1931

Date
1931-04-20
Description

Request for permission to begin construction on a water line to support Industrial Unit No. 1.

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Photograph of dump trucks, Hoover Dam, circa 1932

Date
1931 to 1933
Description
Trucks dumping muck into railroad cars. Note on back: "Canyon wall has already been cleared by high scalers. - W. A. Davis."

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to H. I. Bettis, January 17, 1908

Date
1908-01-28
Description
Bracken wishes to renegotiate his lease on the Las Vegas Ranch if the railroad continues to dump oil into Las Vegas Creek.

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Noonday Mine locomotive: photograph

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1932 (year approximate)
Description

Tecopa Railroad (1910-1932) #1 2-6-2T BLW 1909 #34089. Noonday Mine, near Tecopa, Calif. Stamp on back of photo: "Mallory Hope Ferrell P. O. Box 2837 Peachtree City, GA 30269."

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Photograph of Fortification Hill, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date
1930 to 1939
Description
Black and white image of a railroad spur line and Fortification Hill.

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Sebastian Mikulich Sr. oral history interview

OH-01291
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Oral history interview with Sebastian Mikulich Sr. conducted by Sherry Angell on July 17, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Mikulich discusses his personal history and his employment with Southern Pacific Railroad. Mikulich describes the expansion of railroads throughout California, Nevada, and Arizona. Later, he recalls working during the Korean War, and the increase of transportation on trains in the 1960s. Lastly, he explains the work he performed on the trains and shares anecdotes from his career.

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