View of the first mountain climbing railway in the world, completed in 1869, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. The brain-child of Sylvester Marsh, the cog railway utilized coal-powered locomotives. Shows "Tip Top," the first four-cylinder locomotive used on the railway pulling a passenger car labeled "Mt. Washington" down a steep decline of track. Passengers stand near the car windows. A boy stands in front of the trestle., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Negative number printed on mount: 1825., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kilburn Brothers, was a partnership between brothers Benjamin West Kilburn and Edward Kilburn from 1865 to 1877.
Creator
Kilburn Brothers
Date
[ca. 1874]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn Bros. - Views [5739.F.62d]
View of the first mountain climbing railway in the world, completed in 1869, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. The brain-child of Sylvester Marsh, the cog railway utilized coal-powered locomotives. Shows three men on slideboards sliding down the cog rack of the steepest section of the railway., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Negative number printed on mount: 691., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kilburn Brothers, was a partnership between brothers Benjamin West Kilburn and Edward Kilburn from 1865 to 1877.
Creator
Kilburn Brothers
Date
[ca. 1874]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn Bros. - Views [5739.F.61j]
View of a monument adjacent to the Mount Washington Cog Railway. The monument, constructed of rocks and a marker, memorializes Lizzie Bourne, a 23 year-old hiker, who died September 14, 1853 while attempting to ascend Mount Washington. The railway organized and directed by Sylvester Marsh was completed in 1869. Shows a man sitting on the tracks directly opposite the monument., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Negative number printed on mount: No. 112., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kilburn Brothers, was a partnership between brothers Benjamin West Kilburn and Edward Kilburn from 1865 to 1877.
Creator
Kilburn Brothers
Date
[ca. 1874]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn Bros. - Views [5739.F.63a]
