Laying Track to Burnham Hill
Title
Laying Track to Burnham Hill
Description
A steam engine pulls a flat car during construction of the Hardwick & Woodbury Railroad. The flat car carries the crew and a track-laying crane called a rail header. Also on board are standard guage rails and kegs of railroad spikes.
Date
1896
Subject
Source
Marshfield Historical Society
Identifier
2020_L_13_HWRailrdCrane
Format
black-white photograph
Rights
This image is presented for research and educational purposes only
Repository
Marshfield Historical Society, Old Schoolhouse Common, 121 School St. Marshfield, VT 05658
Collection
Citation
“Laying Track to Burnham Hill,” Digital Vermont: A Project of the Vermont Historical Society, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.digitalvermont.org/MarshfieldStoryProject/2020_L_13_HWRailrdCrane.
