Central Pacific Railroad's Gov. Stanford locomotive No. 1 California
The Central Pacific Railroad's 'Gov. Stanford' locomotive No. 1 is one of the most popular attraction at the California State Museum in the 'Old Sacramento' section of California's capital city
Title: The Central Pacific Railroad's 'Gov. Stanford' locomotive No. 1 is one of the most popular attraction at the California State Museum in the 'Old Sacramento' section of California's capital city
Creator(s): Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Date Created/Published: 2012.
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Built in 1862 in Philadelphia, it was shipped disassembled in crates around Cape Horn from Boston to San Francisco in 1863. It had the distinction of pulling the Central Pacific's first excursion train, first revenue freight train (March 25, 1864), and first scheduled passenger train (April 15, 1864).
Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation in memory of Jon B. Lovelace; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:063).
Forms part of: Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Subjects:
United States--California--Sacramento.
America.
California State Railroad Museum.
Trains.
Museums.
Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020.
Bookmark /2013630977/
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