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Accession#:
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G-18221FF4.1-4 |
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Title:
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"Great Causeway, Galveston, Texas, 4 miles long..." |
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Author:
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Format:
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B/w photograph, postcard, colored; 8.5 x 13.6 cm |
| Description: | "Great Causeway, Galveston, Texas, 4 miles long., containing three railroad tracks, two Interurban tracks and wagon road. Costing $3,000,000." Printed on verso: "Galveston's Causeway is one of the worlds greatest engineering feats. This Causeway is a three mile structure accommodating two railroad tracks, an electric car line, a driveway and a foot way. Its proportions and design are scientifically accurate, making it a thing of classic beauty as well as extraordinary utility." C. T. Photochrom. Published by Miles & Pinckard, Galveston, Texas. |
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Date:
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[1912] |
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Terms:
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Bridges - Lift; Boats; Galveston Bay; Miles & Pinckard |
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labeled Great Causeway, Galveston, Texas
Galveston and Texas History Center, Rosenberg
Library, Galveston, Texas. November 2001.