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From 1862 to 1869 the Central Pacific Railroad, building from the West, and the Union Pacific Railroad, building from the East, raced to complete the first transcontinental railroad. Alfred A. Hart was the official photographer for the Central Pacific during construction and published 364 views. In 1870 Watkins acquired the Hart negatives and published them under the series title Watkins Pacific Railroad.
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| 200 | Bluff and Snow Bank in Donner Pass
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Courtesy of Steve Heselton | 
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| 201 | Melting of a Snow Bank, Scene on the Summit in August
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Courtesy of Library of Congress | 
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| 202 | East Portals of Tunnels Nos. 6 and 7
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Courtesy of Library of Congress | 
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| 203 | Donner Lake, Tunnels No 7 and 8, from Summit Tunnel. Eastern Summit in distance
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Courtesy of Steve Heselton | 
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Donner Lake, Tunnels No 7 and 8, from Summit Tunnel. Eastern Summit in distance
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Courtesy of Library of Congress | 
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| 204 | Heading of East Portal, Tunnel No 8
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Courtesy of California State Library | 
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Heading of East Portal, Tunnel No 8
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Courtesy of Steve Heselton | 
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| 205 | Railroad on Pollard's Hill, 1,100 feet above Donner Lake
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Courtesy of Online Archive of California | 
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| 206 | Coldstream Valley, from Tunnel No 13
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Courtesy of California State Library | 
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Coldstream Valley, from Tunnel No 13
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Courtesy of Library of Congress | 
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| 207 | Coldstream, Eastern Slope of Western Summit
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Courtesy of California State Library | 
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Coldstream, Eastern Slope of Western Summit
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Courtesy of Online Archive of California | 
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| 208 | Coldstream Valley
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Courtesy of The Huntington Library | 
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| 209 | View from Crested Peak, 8,500 Altitude. Donner Lake and Railroad Line
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Courtesy of Library of Congress | 
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| 210 | Loaded teams, from Cisco
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Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers | 
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Loaded teams, from Cisco
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Courtesy of California State Library | 
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| 211 | West Portal, Tunnel No 1, Grizzly Hill
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Courtesy of Steve Heselton | 
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| 212 | North Fork Yuba River, between Cisco and Meadow Lake
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Courtesy of California State Library | 
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| 213 | Snow Covering below Cisco
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Courtesy of Steve Heselton | 
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| 214 | Emigrant Gap Ridge, 84 miles. Old Man Mountain, Red Mountain, Castle Peak in distance
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Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers | 
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| 215 | Bear Valley and Yuba Canyon, from Emigrant Gap
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Courtesy of The New York Public Library | 
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Bear Valley and Yuba Canyon, from Emigrant Gap
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Courtesy of Library of Congress | 
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| 216 | View at Shady Run, 73 miles from Sacramento
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Courtesy of Library of Congress | 
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| 217 | All aboard for Virginia City
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Courtesy of California State Library | 
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All aboard for Virginia City
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Courtesy of Bill Lee | 
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