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Union Pacific

  • Writer: Andrew J. Bramlett
    Andrew J. Bramlett
  • Oct 6, 2022
  • 1 min read

Shown in this photo is a train carrying construction supplies for the Union Pacific Railroad as part of the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. The man in charge of the Union Pacific’s construction was General John S. Casement, whose name is mentioned in the image’s caption.


Image: “Gen. Casement’s construction train” by Andrew J. Russell (c. 1868). From the Boston Public Library, Arts Department.

 
 
 

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