Box Elder Museum Collections : Photograph : :Promontory Point, the spot where the tracklayers met and laid the "last rail." Box Elder County, Utah. 1869." [2016.99.214]

:Promontory Point, the spot where the tracklayers met and laid the "last rail." Box Elder County, Utah. 1869."

Photograph

Identifier:

2016.99.214
1869

Description

Black and white photo taken for US Geological Service.
Note that the title given to the photo (by Jackson or the USGS) - Promontory Point - is incorrect. This picture depicts Promontory Summit with a train on the tracks.

Dimensions: ;;;;;423;;
Copyright Status:Public Domain

Related person

Jackson, William Henry (had as creator)

Related place

Golden Spike National Historic Site ()