Collection Highlights
The Lost Cause
Date:
1871
Object Number:
PR.068.19
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sections of railroad (2) in box
Object Number:
1945.442abc
Date:
1883
Medium:
Steel
Dimensions:
overall, with box: 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm )
Marks:
engraved: (a) on face: "CONNECTING/LAKE SUPERIOR/AND/PUGET SOUND"
engraved: (a) on reverse: "N.P.R.R./LAST RAIL"
engraved: (b) on face: "LAST RAIL./N.P.R.R."
Description:
Two cross sections of Northern Pacific Railroad steel track engraved with inscriptions; housed in cardboard box.
Gallery Label:
These are two sections of the last rail of the Northern Pacific Railroad connecting Lake Superior with Puget Sound, laid in 1883.
Credit Line:
Gift of Waldron Phoenix Belkamp, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
