Description
DOUGLASS CITY, COLORADO: “BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION”
Construction town for the Hagerman Tunnel
Circa 1886
Original cabinet card photograph; unknown photographer [Possibly C. W. Erdlen, Buena Vista, Colorado]
Boudoir card size: Mount dimensions, 8 inches by 5 inches; Image dimensions, 7-1/4 inches by 4-1/4 inches
Condition: very good plus to near fine; photographic image has lightened a bit, however detail is still remarkable.
Supply train making deliveries.
Douglass City, Colorado came into being due to construction on the Hagerman Tunnel, a project that bore through the Continental Divide at 11,528 feet above sea level. The tunnel was built for the COLORADO MIDLAND RAILROAD, partially financed by JAMES J. HAGERMAN.
After the Hagerman Tunnel was completed, Douglass City eroded into Colorado’s
past.
COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL
