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[Last streetcar in front of Palm School, Austin, Texas]

Description: Photograph of an Austin Street Railway Company streetcar in front of the Palm School on First Street (now Cesar Chavez), reportedly taken on the last day of streetcar service in Austin. A group of children and a few women, possibly students and teachers, are standing on the sidewalk in front of the school, waving at the streetcar. There is a blurred car in the foreground, about to pass the streetcar on the right, and another car is behind the streetcar on the right side of the photograph. The A… more
Date: February 7, 1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.261426 -97.737442
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Railroad tracks near Austin]

Description: Photograph of International and Great Northern railroad tracks outside of Austin. On the tracks in the distance can be seen the switch, and in the far distance, the city watertower is visible. Telephone poles and brush are dominant, though some houses and fences indicating residences are visible.
Date: July 22, 1966
Creator: City of Austin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin County

Description: Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Austin and Waller Counties, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: May 1873
Creator: Lucas, A. L. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

[Six men in front of a "Enfield Special" railroad car at the Southern Pacific station in Austin, Texas]

Description: Photograph of six men in suits and hats posed in front of a private railroad car in the Austin Southern Pacific terminal at 301 Congress Avenue. A banner hung on the car says: "ENFIELD SPECIAL FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS TO WASHINGTON D.C. VIA S.P. LINES", and the same information was recorded on the bottom of the negative. The depot was constructed in 1902 as the Houston and Texas Central depot, and an addition was added to the east side in 1935.
Date: 1920~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.265256 -97.743648
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin County

Description: Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Austin and Waller Counties, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: January 1863
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Last Eagle passenger train through Austin

Description: Photograph of the last Eagle passenger train to go through Austin. The train stops at the Austin International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad depot in Austin. There are no passengers waiting on the platform. The engine has the logo of C&EI (Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad). I&GN Railroad operated in Texas. It was created when the International Railroad company and Houston-based Great Northern Railroad company merged on September 30, 1873. I&GN's Austin depot was completed on 3rd and Con… more
Date: 1970~
Creator: Bayne, Tom
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Metallic Railroad-Tie.

Description: Patent for an improvement of metallic railroad ties in which clamp-plates are not needed to hold the longitudinal tension-rods, “instead the heads of the rods bear against the solid outer ends of the rail-seats which are constructed integral with the body of the tie.” (Lines 14-17) Illustration is included.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Saunders, Ellison
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Metallic Railroad-Tie.

Description: Patent for a new and improved metallic railroad tie that purports to prevent the spreading of rails or the bending of tension-rods. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Saunders, Ellison
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Street Railroad Downtown

Description: A crowd of people in downtown Austin. Caption on photo reads, "Loading the Plain Line Street Cars at Sixth and Congress, Austin, Texas, 1:40p.m., February 7, 1940 for their last run. Being replaced by new buses on the left."
Date: February 7, 1940
Creator: Ellison Photo Service
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Railroad near Llano]

Description: Photograph of a crowd of people and horse-drawn carriages gathered around an A&N Locomotive No. 1 train on a railroad in a forest. A note on back reads "Mr. Will Todman from England, Time Keeper for Quarries at Llano, Texas. Quarrying granite for consturction of the State Capitol at Austin. 50,000 tones narrow gauge R.R. A. & N.W. Near Llano -- before R.R. was finished to an Austin Band was was hired to play -- Group Moore F. [illegible], (Major Ramsdell)." The Austin and Northwestern Railroad … more
Date: [1864..1881]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Railroad crew digging]

Description: Photograph of a crew of African-Americans digging a ditch where the second railroad line will lie. They use shovels and pickaxes in front of a row of shops including C.B. Moreland Wall Paper store and the Postal Telegraph service.
Date: [1890..1899]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Railroad near Kingsland]

Description: Photograph of a train on the Austin and Northwest Railroad line on a hillside, taken from a treeline above. People are visible at the front, back, and windows of the train, and two buildings are in the distance below. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Near Granite Mountain [illegible] Burnet and Marble Falls, about 1882 near Kingsland. A&NW RR."
Date: 1882
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.616352 -98.295316
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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