Sketch no 1 Snoqualmie Pass Line Johnsons Report April 1869
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Title
Sketch no 1 Snoqualmie Pass Line Johnsons Report April 1869
Subject
Pacific railroads -- Explorations and surveys -- Maps<br>Railroads -- West (U.S.)
Description
1 map; 23 cm x 29 cm. <br>This map is one of four surveys of prosepective pass crossings bound together in this volume. However, when the Northern Pacific finally completed its passage across the Cascades in 1888, the passage it had chosen was Garfield Pass, renamed to Stampede Pass, which is not one of the four initially surveyed. <br>This route over Snoqualmie Pass was eventually used by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad in 1909.
Creator
Johnson, Edwin Ferry, 1803-1872<br>Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Source
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, WSU Libraries
Publisher
Hartford : Press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard
Date
1869
Contributor
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Rights
Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691
Relation
Is part of Report of Edwin F. Johnson, engineer-in-chief, to the Board of Directors, April, 1869, and reports of surveys, executed in 1867, by Gen. Ira Spaulding, chief engineer of the Minnesota Division, and Gen. James Tilton, chief engineer of the Washington Division.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Maps
Identifier
WSU 171<br>HE2791.N855 J64 1869
Coverage
United States--Washington (State)--Snoqualmie Pass
Collection
Citation
Johnson, Edwin Ferry, 1803-1872<br>Northern Pacific Railroad Company, “Sketch no 1 Snoqualmie Pass Line Johnsons Report April 1869,” Digital Exhibits, accessed November 25, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/1711.