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From 1862 to 1869 the Central Pacific Railroad, building from the West, and the Union Pacific Railroad, building from the East, raced to complete the first transcontinental railroad. Alfred A. Hart was the official photographer for the Central Pacific during construction and published 364 views. In 1870 Watkins acquired the Hart negatives and published them under the series title Watkins Pacific Railroad.
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| 131 | Donner Lake, with Pass in distance. Altitude above lake 1,126 feet
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Courtesy of Steve Heselton | 
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Donner Lake, with Pass in distance. Altitude above lake 1,126 feet
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Courtesy of Library of Congress | 
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| 132 | Donner Lake, Peak and Pass, from Wagon Road
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Courtesy of California State Library | 
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| 133 | Stumps cut by Donner Party in 1846, Summit Valley
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Courtesy of Steve Heselton | 
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| 134 | Dry Creek Bridge, 17 miles from Sacramento
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Courtesy of The Huntington Library | 
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| 135 | Locomotive on Trestle
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Courtesy of California State Library | 
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Locomotive on Trestle
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Courtesy of Steve Heselton | 
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| 136 | Train and Curve - Jenny Lind Flat
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Courtesy of The Huntington Library | 
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| 137 | Bound for the Mountains - 12 mile Tangent. 4 miles from Sacramento
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Courtesy of Online Archive of California | 
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| 138 | Freight Depot at Newcastle, Placer County. 31 miles from Sacramento
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Courtesy of The Huntington Library | 
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| 139 | Locomotive on Turntable
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Courtesy of The Huntington Library | 
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| 140 | Rocklin Granite Quarry, 22 miles from Sacramento
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Courtesy of The Huntington Library | 
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| 141 | Tangent below Pino, 23 miles from Sacramento
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Courtesy of Library of Congress | 
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| 142 | Antelope Ridge, near Newcastle, 30 miles from Sacramento
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Courtesy of California State Library | 
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| 143 | Griffith's Granite Station
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Courtesy of The Huntington Library | 
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| 144 | American River Bridge - 400 feet long
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Courtesy of California State Library | 
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American River Bridge – most distant view.
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Courtesy of Cowan's Auctions | 
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| 145 | Building Trestle at Newcastle, Placer County
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| 146 | Train on Embankment above Pino, with Hand-Car near
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Courtesy of Cowan's Auctions | 
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| 147 | Train at Griffith's Station, Placer County
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Courtesy of The Huntington Library | 
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| 148 | View of American River Bridge, 3 miles from Sacramento
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Courtesy of The Huntington Library | 
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| 149 | Colfax, Looking West. Illinoistown in distance
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Courtesy of California State Library | 
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Colfax, Looking West. Illinoistown in distance
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Courtesy of Library of Congress | 
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| 150 | Colfax, Looking East. Cape Horn 4 miles, and Grant's Gap 20 miles distant
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Courtesy of Phil Nathanson | 
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| 151 | Cape Horn, from Ravine below
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Courtesy of The New York Public Library | 
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