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Collection Summary
Collection: 00645 - Midcontinental Railroad
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00004_negative
Title: Cutting main North Dakota track for Midland Continental Railroad, Jamestown (N.D.)
Date: 1912
Summary: Men use a horse-drawn Russell grader to grade the earth where the main North Dakota track of the Midland Continental Railroad will be, near Jamestown, N.D. Other wagons work beside the grader to catch the earth.
Red ID: PH_I_152012 Image ID: 109663 Image Notes: 00645-00004-negative

Collection: 00645 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Midcontinental Railroad
Date: ca. 1912-1962

Summary: Images of the construction of the Midcontinental Railroad in North Dakota, the depot in Jamestown, the 50th Anniversary celebration in Wimbledon, and maps of the railroad lines.

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