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Accession#:
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G-18221FF4.1-5 |
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Title:
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"The Galveston Causeway, Galveston, Texas" |
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Format:
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B/w photograph, postcard, colored; 7.8 x 12.5 cm |
| Description: | "The Galveston Causeway, Galveston, Texas." On verso: "The Galveston Causeway connects Galveston Island with the mainland and ranks among the greatest engineering feats of this country - it is two miles long and cost approximately $4,000,000. All railroad, interurban and vehicular traffic enters and leaves the city by this route. The huge lift-bridge in the center of the structure is the largest of its type in the United States." Tichnor Quality Views. |
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Date:
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[1912] |
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Terms:
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Bridges - Lift; Railroads; Interurbans; Galveston-Houston Electric Railway Co.; Passenger Trains; Galveston Bay; Tichnor Quality Views |
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labeled The Galveston Causeway, Galveston, Texas
Galveston and Texas History Center, Rosenberg
Library, Galveston, Texas. November 2001.