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The right half of a panoramic view of Eagle (3 dates listed: 1908, 1920, 1930). Eagle River in foreground; train tracks and depot in midground. Brush Creek in right background. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Photo postcard, hand colored, 15799: Looking down the Colorado River at Burns, Colo., on the Dotsero Cutoff. Caption on verso: "'The Pagodas' in Red Canon, Colorado River. The Dotsero Cutoff, 38.1 miles long, is the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad's latest construction, connecting Dotsero, 17 miles east of Glenwood Springs, with Orestod, on the Moffat Road. This reduces the distance 175 miles from Denver to Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake City...
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View of Rock Creek Canyon showing the Moffatt railroad grade at upper right. "This two and one half miles of railroad track with tunnels No. 45, 46, 47, 48 and the big bridge across the creek was considered the costliest piece of grade on the railroad. A high bridge across the canyon in the foreground could have eliminated all this costly construction and maintenance and such a bridge was contemplated, but steel for the structure was unobtainable...
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad bridge over the Eagle River at Eagle, Colorado [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad bridge over the Eagle River at Eagle, Colorado, construction completed. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Blasting overhanging rock during road construction in Glenwood Canyon (1936-1937). Snow on canyon sides. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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First bridge over the Colorado River (then the Grand River) at Dotsero. The bridge was probably built by Mr. Yost or Mr. Stewart. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Aerial photograph taken by Mayo Lanning on February 3, 1998. Looking west down the Eagle River Valley, following I-70.
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Old State Bridge structure in July of 1983, taken from State Highway 131 (south of the bridge). The southern half of the bridge collapsed soon after this photo was taken. The State Bridge Lodge is in the background.
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The road crew that worked on the stage coach roads to keep them open. Horse teams are harnessed to scrapers.
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Blasting rock during the construction of highway through Glenwood Canyon. The Colorado River is at the right; there is snow on the hills in the background. Large rocks in foreground with debris from the blast rising in the air in center midground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Blasting in Glenwood Canyon during road construction, 1936-37. Snow present on canyon sides. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Looking down on the Sherwood bridge from the Sherwood quarry drum. Hwy 6 is at the top, the Eagle River is flowing under the Sherwood bridge and I-70 is at the bottom. At the turn of the century, major routes in the Colorado mountains were steep, rocky grades, little more than wagon tracks. By 1910, cars were becoming more prominent but Colorado roads were in terrible condition. That year, the State Highway Commission established Highway 10 from...
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Construction of the Hanging Lake rest area in Glenwood Canyon, part of the I-70 construction project. This photo was taken on June 27, 1994. The project completed Interstate 70's final, 12.5-mile gap in the transcontinental highway reaching from Baltimore, Maryland, to Interstate 15 south of Salt Lake City. "Lawsuits, environmental impact studies, and design changes took nearly two decades to resolve before the first shovelful of earth was turned...
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Highway bridge east of Eagle, Colorado, crossing the Eagle River. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The concrete bridge at Wolcott, showing railroad tracks and equipment behind it. The bridge was built in 1916 during the period when the Colorado Highway Department was replacing many small wooden bridges with concrete structures. This one was on State Highway 131 and employed a Luten arch design, patented by Daniel B. Luten in 1905. Eagle County contracted with the Pueblo Bridge Company to build the bridge. It was replaced in 2006. [Spanning...
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1930s: Rio Grande Railroad crane dropping section of bridge span into place, guided by men at either end of the span. Eagle River visible at left (Eagle, Colorado). "The Rio Grande Railroad began construction of the steel railroad bridge at Eagle in 1934." -- Those Were the Days, EVE Jan. 22, 2004 p.2 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Continuing west on Highway 24 would take you to Minturn. Continuing east would take you to Gilman and Red Cliff. Photo taken by Tom Knight. Tom worked at Gilman as a watchman. Verso: "Looking west down Eagle River. You can see I'm on top of the world. This shows the S curve on the O. to O. [Ocean to Ocean] Highway. We go to work tonight. Don't know what doing." [written by Tom Knight] "Old highway on Battle Mountain" BJS
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Verso: "railroad bridge down below Belden and Gilman" The bridge crosses the Eagle River in the Eagle River Canyon.
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Old railroad bridge to Emma on the Roaring Fork River (the crossing divides Eagle and Pitkin counties). The bridge has been converted for automobile use. Snow on ground. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]