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Collection Summary
Collection: C - C Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 1724-00001
Title: Building a side track for Soo Line near Bathgate (N.D.)
Date: ca. 1905
Inscription/Marks: "Building a sidetrack Soo Line in Red River Valley near Bathgate ca. 1905 far left Albert Stephens, on handcar George Stephens"--Handwritten on back of photograph.
Summary: Men use tools to build a side track near Bathgate, N.D. for the Soo Line Railroad. Albert Stephens stands on the far left and George Stephens is on the handcar.||The Soo Line built tracks to Bathgate and many other new towns in 1905, during the “railroad wars.” The tracks were built by men using hand tools for many years. The handcar in this photo is similar to the one operated by “father” in “My Father was a Railroader.”
Red ID: PH_I_113998 Image ID: 140892 Image Notes: C1724-00001

Collection: C Digitized Images from Collection
Title: C Collection
Date: ca. 1836-1960

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