[A Large steam engine in an unidentified rail yard in Dubuque, Iowa]
Title
[A Large steam engine in an unidentified rail yard in Dubuque, Iowa]
Creator
Loemker, Herman J., 1868-1937
Description
A large steam engine with four sets of drive wheels may be seen in this photograph. A coal tender is attached to the engine. Heavy dark smoke is belching from the engine. A box car is partially visible on a parallel track to the right of the tender. Another box car is partially visible on another track, to the left, and slightly ahead of the engine. A water tank may be seen behind the engine and box cars. The number 1258 is written on a label that has been stuck to the lower left corner of the slide.
Subject
Steam engines
Railroads
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
Herman J. Loemker Collection
Lantern slides
Railroads
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
Herman J. Loemker Collection
Lantern slides
Source
The Center for Dubuque History, Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Format
Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 8700 with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a glass lantern slide scanned in 16 - bit grey scale at 1200 ppi.
Rights
Contact The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001 or call (563) 588-7100 © 2015 LORAS COLLEGE
Relation
Herman J.Loemker Collection
Type
Still image
Date
1915-1917
Identifier
LO 006
Publisher
This record is part of the Herman J. Loemker Collection held by The Center for Dubuque History, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa.
Coverage
Dubuque, Iowa
Collection
Citation
Loemker, Herman J., 1868-1937, “[A Large steam engine in an unidentified rail yard in Dubuque, Iowa],” Loras College Digital Collections, accessed October 10, 2024, http://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/5415.