#102 with Ore Train

Photograph

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Nevada Northern Railway Museum

Locomotives #102 and #103 with an ore train.

Locomotives #102 and #103 with an ore train.

Name/Title

#102 with Ore Train

Entry/Object ID

15-Benson-2274

Description

"The 750 foot tall smokestack at Kennecott's McGill smelter towers over Alcos #102 and 103 passing Hi Line milepost H-6 with a train of empties on November 16, 1977. KCC smelter emissions were a major source of regulatory misery for the company's Nevada operations in the late 1970s."

Photograph Details

Subject Place

Region

Steptoe Valley

County

White Pine County

State/Province

Nevada

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Collection

Benson Collection

Category

Smelter, Smokestacks, Locomotive #102, Locomotive #103, Ore Cars, Ore Trains
Structures, Diesel Locomotives, Locomotives, Rolling Stock, Freight Cars

Acquisition

Accession

15-Benson

Source or Donor

Ted Benson

Credit Line

Benson Collection, NNRy Archive

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Ted Benson

Role

Photographer

Date made

November 16, 1977

Time Period

20th Century