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Across the Missouri River by rail, at Bismarck, Dakota Territory
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| Title | Across the Missouri River by rail, at Bismarck, Dakota Territory |
| Date of Original | 1879 |
| Creator | Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | Crew of men laying railroad ties on frozen Missouri River while other group of people watching. Beyond workers is railroad flatbed, cars and engine on rails already laid. In distance is shoreline and hills, likely of Bismarck. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Transportation
Weather
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Railroad ice crossings
Railroad cars
Railroad locomotives
Railroad tracks
Horses
Railroad employees
Railroad construction & maintenance
Winter
Ice
Snow
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| Location | Missouri River
Bismarck (N.D.)
Burleigh County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1870-1879
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| Item Number | Folio 102.TrR34.1a |
| Format of Original | Lithographs
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| Dimensions of Original | 20 x 26 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Harper's Magazine Co.
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| Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.)
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| Transcription | "From a photograph by F. J. Haynes" - Printed with caption.
"Across the Missouri by Rail. On the 12th of February the first locomotive and train of the Northern Pacific crossed over the Missouri River west from Bismarck. Our sketch on page 205 faithfully outlines the cold wintry job. The thermometer was ten degrees below zero, and the ice bridge spanning the 'Big Muddy' from thirty-six to forty-two inches thick. The iron rails were placed upon twelve-foot ties, twelve inches wide, with three-feet centres, and resting directly upon the ice. Chief Engineer Rosser tested the ice by loading fifty tons of earth upon a space twenty feet square. The ice gave way during the night, the earth cutting out a piece exactly conforming to the line of the base of the pile. General Rosser accepted this evidence of the strength of the ice as satisfactory, and contrary to all precedent in railroad building in the United States, constructed his track upon the frozen surface of the river. The track is perfectly level, and the rails are thirty feet long. Trains are not permitted to remain standing upon the track. the motion of the train is favorable to the experiment, which may be regarded as an engineering success. The Northern Pacific is in course of construction one hundred miles west from Bismarck, and the engineers are using this method of transporting the materials across the river before the ice breaks up." - Text accompanying illustration in Harper's Weekly, March 15, 1879, p. 207. |
| Notes | Tile from caption with image. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Dakota Lithographs and Engravings Collection Folio 102
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/6673 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (Folio 102.TrR34.1a) |
| Rights Management | Image in public domain. |
| Language | eng; |
| Digital ID | rsL00088.jp2 |
| Original Source | Harper's Weekly, March 15, 1879. p. 205 |
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