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Building the approach to the new Red Cliff arch bridge (Highway 24). Digging equipment at far right midfield in the photo.
[Red Cliff bridge construction photo 4]
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Continuing west on Highway 24 would take you to Minturn. Continuing east would take you to Gilman and Red Cliff. Photo taken by Tom Knight. Tom worked at Gilman as a watchman.
Verso: "Looking west down Eagle River. You can see I'm on top of the world. This shows the S curve on the O. to O. [Ocean to Ocean] Highway. We go to work tonight. Don't know what doing." [written by Tom Knight]
"Old highway on Battle Mountain" BJS
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Photo postcard showing the "New Battle Mountain Highway," U.S. Hwy 24. The view is looking south, going from GIlman to Red Cliff.
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"BATTLE MOUNTAIN is the most striking section of the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway between Tennessee Pass and Glenwood Springs. After the town drops down into the picturesque town of Red Cliff, hidden in the valley of the Eagle River, it cuts its way spectacularly along a great series of sheer, pointed, out-jutting white faced cliffs, gradually rising until it travels along the top of the great Eagle River Cañon far below."
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Road to Red Cliff with old bridge across the Eagle River before the Red Cliff Bridge was opened in 1941. Battle Mountain is on the left.
Photograph is labeled: "Roads end"
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
6) Belden
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Looking toward Belden in the Eagle River Canyon. Tram to Gilman visible at midground.
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Entrance to the Carlton tunnel in 1932, in the snow.
The Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel was built by the Busk Tunnel Railway Company for the Colorado Midland Railroad in 1891 as a replacement for the Hagerman Tunnel at a lower, more direct route. It connected Aspen and Leadville.
The tunnel was abandoned following Colorado Midland's 1897 bankruptcy and was converted to one-way auto traffic in 1922 as the Carlton Tunnel, a toll tunnel carrying then-State Highway...
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View facing south of the Shelter House walls going up. Ten men are working on the building; one horse visible on left along with the top of the tent. Photo labeled: 281247
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Looking north, the Shelter House rock walls are approximately 4' up with the wooden framework visible. The pack horses carrying the framing are at the right in the photo. Construction workers' tent stands to the right of the Shelter House. Man sawing timber is at the far left. Photo is labeled: 281253.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
10) Convoy
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Truck convoy negotiating the Old Battle Mountain Road. The original rock supported roadway is clearly visible
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
11) Convoy
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Truck convoy negotiating the Old Battle Mountain Road. The original rock supported roadway is clearly visible. Probably the original image from which the close-up [1984.001.018] was made.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Aerial photograph taken by Mayo Lanning on February 3, 1998. Looking west down the Eagle River Valley, following I-70.
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Road maintenance machinery on Tennessee Pass in winter. George Nimon and unidentified man standing next to the plow; an unidentified woman standing on the plow.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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County road maintainer caught in trees above Homestake Creek on the Gold Park Road. Dempsey Perkins (county man in Red Cliff who plowed snow) and Buster Beck were plowing the Gold Park Road for the second day in the Winter of 1952. Something went wrong with the maintainer and it went off the road and over the hill with both men in it. The maintainer hung up on a tree and didn't drop into Homestake Creek. Both men made it out with minor injuries....
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County road maintainer caught in trees above Homestake Creek on the Gold Park Road. Dempsey Perkins (county man in Red Cliff who plowed snow) and Buster Beck were plowing the Gold Park Road for the second day in the Winter of 1952. Something went wrong with the maintainer and it went off the road and over the hill with both men in it. The maintainer hung up on a tree and didn't drop into Homestake Creek. Both men made it out with minor injuries....
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A view of Interstate 70 as it crosses over Vail Pass.
From the verso, "Vail Pass crosses the Gore Ranges at an elevation of 10,603 ft. between Vail and Dillon Reservoir."
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Railroad overpass on Colorado Highway 24 leading to Red Cliff. This was the route to Red Cliff prior to the construction of the Red Cliff arch bridge.
[Red Cliff Bridge Construction photo 1]
18) Red Cliff Bridge
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Photo postcard showing the Red Cliff Bridge, opened in 1941. A Denver & Rio Grande train is coming from Red Cliff, headed toward Gilman, alongside the very clear Eagle River. At the left is the Lover's Leap cliffs. On the right is the cut in the lower rocks for the road down to Red Cliff.
At the center of the photo above the bridge can be seen the tailings from Hornsilver Mine with Butter Flats (clearing) just above that.
19) Red Cliff Bridge
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Roadbed construction on the Red Cliff Bridge, silver in color. Lover's Leap is on the right.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 12]
20) Red Cliff Bridge
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Red Cliff Bridge at entrance to road into Red Cliff; opened to the public August, 1941 [see notes]. The pulley system at the top of Lovers' Leap used during the construction of the bridge is still visible at top left.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
