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Comment: It’s September 1964 and Squawbottom Station is nothing but a simple wood shanty and not the ornate depot that is to come in a few years.
s1_015_bridge_july59 * The sun has just peeked out through the clouds as it casts its rays on the track leading to Daphetid at the left. The ties in place at the bottom of the picture belong to the under-construction Devil’s Gulch & Helengon narrow gauge RR. * 3072 x 2048 * (1.97MB)

s1_016_curve_unkdate * With a string of stock cars, 4-10-0 #34 is about to plunge into a short rock-lined tunnel blasted through Devil’s Post Pile. The Ryan Gulch Trestle is the highest wood trestle on the railroad. Its tallest bent is 125 feet tall. * 3072 x 2048 * (2.1MB)

s1_017_squawbridge_may61 * 2-6-0 #25 with a cut of stock cars crosses the Squawbottom Creek High Bridge on its way to Cold Shoulder. Squawbottom Creek has yet to be installed 192 feet below in this view taken in May of 1961. * 3072 x 2048 * (1.95MB)

s1_018_butlermines_may63 * The survey crew is busy high above Devil’s Gulch checking the grade on the new high bridge which will run to Scalp. A lone horseman rides into Angel’s Camp Mine which seems to be inactive. * 3072 x 2048 * (2.18MB)

s1_019_great_sep63 * An overhead view of the very active engine facilities at Great Divide in Sept. 1963. * 4280 x 2896 * (4.27MB)
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s1_021_bridgesquaw_unk * High above Squawbottom Depot, 2-6-0 #25 eases across the Scalp Mountain Arch. Note the glow in the firebox. * 4288 x 2864 * (4.29MB)

s1_022_60engine_aug65 * 4272 x 2808 * (3.7MB)

s1_023_downtown_unkdate * Downtown Great Divide during the rush hour. Cary Grant is featured at the Orpheum Theater as the Cooper Electric trolley comes into view at the right. * 4280 x 2904 * (3.75MB)

s1_024_port_jul67 * A view of the waterfront at Port. The large buildings are only two sided. * 2904 x 4264 * (3.86MB)

s1_025_rocks_jul67 * Near the headwaters of Squawbottom Creek in the bottom of Helengon Gap, gas electric #60 drifts by. To the right is the right of way of the Devil’s Gulch and Helengon narrow gauge railway, which is still under construction. * 4216 x 2880 * (4.38MB)
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