Railroad yards

Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad yard at Seattle, Washington, circa 1912.

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Reference code

US WaBuPNRA D0063-010-014-004-003

Level of description

Subseries Level 3

Title

Railroad yards

Date(s)

  • circa 1912 (Creation)

Extent

1 photograph

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Scope and content

Photographs of railroad yards where railroad trains are made up and cars are switched, stored, and serviced on tracks and sidings and related structures such as yard offices.

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Conditions governing access

Please see Section VII of the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection Management Policy for further information.

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Please see the Pacific Northwest Railway Archives Reproduction Policy for further information.

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  • English

Scripts of the material

  • Latin

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Custodial history

Ownership of Other Railroad subjects resides in the the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive.

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Walter W. Ainsworth. Accrual W2013-44 received October 15, 2013.

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W2013-44

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Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013

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