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  • May 22, 1869 | Illustration

    Pacific Railway Celebration at Chicago

    This image from the May 22, 1869 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a celebration for the Pacific Railway outside the Chicago Tribune building in Chicago, Illinois.

  • May 22, 1869 | Illustration

    Railroad Disaster at Buckfield, Maine, April 27, 1869

    This image from the May 22, 1869 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a railroad disaster following a bridge collapse at Buckfield, Maine.

  • February 27, 1869 | Illustration

    The Union Pacific Railroad—Terminus at Echo City, Utah

    This image from the February 27, 1869 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad at Echo City, Utah.

  • February 27, 1869 | Illustration

    The Union Pacific Railroad—Scene at Weber Canon, Utah

    This image from the February 27, 1869 issue of Harper's Weekly shows Weber Canon, Utah as seen from the Union Pacific Railroad.

  • December 5, 1868 | Illustration

    Hoosac Tunnel—Entrance

    This image from the December 5, 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the entrance to the Hoosac Tunnel in western Massachusetts.

  • December 5, 1868 | Illustration

    Hoosac Tunnel—Drilling Machine

    This image from the December 5, 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a drilling machine working to create the Hoosac Tunnel in western Massachusetts.

  • December 5, 1868 | Illustration

    The Serra Viaduct, St Paul's Railroad, Brazil

    This image from the December 5, 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the lengthy Serra Viaduct of St. Paul's Railroad in Brazil.

  • November 28, 1868 | Illustration

    Earthquake in San Francisco, California, October 21, 1868

    This image from the November 28, 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts four scences of damage in San Francisco, California following a severe earthquake: the Coffey and Risdons Building, the Railroad house and Rosenbum's Tobacco Warehouse, the Gas Works, and California Street.

  • May 30, 1868 | Illustration

    Snow Shed on the Central Pacific Railroad

    This image from the May 30, 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a lengthy snow shed on the Central Pacific Railroad.

  • May 30, 1868 | Illustration

    Aspinwall, New Granada, Central America

    This image from the May 30, 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the railroad and railway station at Aspinwall, New Granada (present day Colon, Panama) in Central America.

  • May 30, 1868 | Illustration

    Surveying for the Central Pacific Railroad in Humboldt Pass

    This image from the May 30, 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts surveyors examining Humboldt Pass in the Sierra Mountains of Nevada for the Central Pacific Railroad.

  • March 14, 1868 | Illustration

    The Great Trunk Railroad to the Pacific

    This image from the March 14, 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly offers a cartoonist's conception of the railroad to the Pacific as the movement of a line of trunks.

  • December 14, 1867 | Illustration

    Shooting Buffalo from the Trains of the Kansas Pacific Railroad

    This image from the December 14, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts men shooting buffalo for sport from Kansas Pacific Railroad cars.

  • December 7, 1867 | Illustration

    Railroad Disaster in Ohio

    This image from the December 7, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a tragic November 21, 1864 railroad disaster near Lockland, Ohio in which two trains collided. At least four people were killed.

  • December 7, 1867 | Illustration

    Central Pacific Railroad—View on American River

    This image from the December 7, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a train running on the Central Pacific Railroad with a view of California's American River in the distance.

  • December 7, 1867 | Illustration

    Central Pacific Railroad—Chinese Laborers at Work

    This image from the December 7, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts Chinese laborers working on the Central Pacific Railroad.

  • December 7, 1867 | Illustration

    Central Pacific Railroad—Donner Lake

    This image from the December 7, 1862 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts Donner Lake as seen from the Central Pacific Railroad.

  • December 7, 1867 | Illustration

    Central Pacific Railroad—Map and Profile Map of the Line from Omaha to San Francisco

    This image from the December 7, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a map of the Pacific Railroad across the western United States from San Francisco, California to Omaha, Nebraska.

  • December 7, 1867 | Illustration

    Central Pacific Railroad—The Giant's Gap

    This image from the December 7, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a very large gap in the mountains through which the Central Pacific Railroad runs.

  • November 2, 1867 | Illustration

    A New Cure

    This image from the November 2, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly offers a cartoonist's conception of the relationship between railroads and rheumatism.