File:UP No 119 May 9 1869.jpg

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English: Union Pacific locomotive No. 119 pushes two flatcars across "The Promontory Great Trestle" on the First Transcontinental Line on May 9, 1869. Wet-plate photograph by Andrew J. Russell, scanned from The Central Pacific & Southern Pacific Railroads by Lucius Beebe (page 142).
Date 1869; 13 March 2006 (original upload date)
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Andrew J. Russell  (1829–1902)  wikidata:Q4757433
 
Andrew J. Russell
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Andrew Joseph Russell; A. J. Russell; Capt. A. J. Russel
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 20 March 1829 Edit this at Wikidata 22 September 1902 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Walpole Brooklyn
Work period 1862-1902
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  • 2006-03-13 06:51 Lordkinbote 1441×1941× (2603302 bytes) Union Pacific locomotive No. 119 pushes two flatcars across "The Promontory Great Trestle" on the First Transcontinental Line on May 9, 1869. Scanned from ''The Central Pacific & Southern Pacific Railroads'' by Lucius Beebe.

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