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Photo, Print, Drawing Podpornai︠a︡ stena i vyemka na 11 verste. Подпорная стена и выемка на 11 версте.

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Title

  • Podpornai︠a︡ stena i vyemka na 11 verste.

Other Title

  • Подпорная стена и выемка на 11 версте.

Translated Title

  • Support Wall and Railcut at Verst 11.

Summary

  • In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Akin to the great railroads to the Pacific in both the United States and Canada, Russia's transcontinental line was intended to supply and populate Siberia as well as deliver raw materials to the rapidly developing industries west of the Urals. Working against an ambitious timetable and under severe conditions of climate and terrain, the Russians effectively united the European and Asian parts of the empire by completing this herculean project. The engineering plans provided for the sequential construction of six basic segments. The fourth of these was the Circum-Baikal Railroad from Irkutsk to the eastern side of Lake Baikal. This photograph is from an album of 56 photographs in the Collection of Documentary Materials on the History of the West-Siberian Railroad (1890s-1978) in the Novosibirsk Oblast State Archive. The album documents the construction of this part of the line, focusing on the engineers and workmen building tunnels and trestles along the route. The album was digitized for the Meeting of Frontiers digital library project in the early 2000s. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Ministerstvo puteĭ soobshchenii︠a︡.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1900-1904

Headings

  • -  Construction
  • -  Landscapes
  • -  Transportation
  • -  Railroads
  • -  Mountains
  • -  Siberia
  • -  Lake Baikal

Notes

  • -  Iz fotoal'boma "Al'bom postroek i vidov krugobaĭkal'skoĭ zheleznoĭ dorogi. 1900-1904 g.".
  • -  Original image at: State Archives of Novosibirsk Oblast
  • -  From the photo album "Альбом построек и видов Кругобайкальской железной дороги. 1900-1904 г."
  • -  Из фотоальбома "Альбом построек и видов кругобайкальской железной дороги. 1900-1904 г.".

Medium

  • 1 photograph : 27.0 x 35.0 cm ; black & white photograph.

Source Collection

  • Construction and Views of the Circumbaikal Railroad. 1900-1904

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018684768

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ministerstvo Puteĭ Soobshchenii︠A︡. Podpornai︠a︡ Stena I Vyemka Na 11 Verste. , 1900. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1904] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018684768/.

APA citation style:

Ministerstvo Puteĭ Soobshchenii︠A︡. (1900) Podpornai︠a︡ Stena I Vyemka Na 11 Verste. , 1900. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1904] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018684768/.

MLA citation style:

Ministerstvo Puteĭ Soobshchenii︠A︡. Podpornai︠a︡ Stena I Vyemka Na 11 Verste. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1904] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018684768/>.