Railroad Repeats: The Alfred A. Hart Photo Project
Authors: Killeen Hanson, Kevin Fischer, Jesse White, and Richard White
From 1864 to 1869, Alfred A. Hart took 364 pictures along the line of the Central Pacific Railroad in order to help solicit investment in the railroad. Between 2008-2010, Jesse White will repeat Hart's journey taking photographs from exactly (or approximately) the same sites.We invite you to repeat Hart's journey and see for yourself the changes made on the line and the landscape over the ensuing 150 years.
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Quad Index
Seeing Space in Terms of Track Length and Cost of Shipping
The Rise in the American Railway Union, 1893-1894
Population Density in the United States from 1790 to 2000
California Railroad Commission,
Station Construction Data, 1850-1900
Station Construction Data, 1850-1900
The Expansion of the Western Railroad
Extent of Digitized Railroad
Per Capita Income in the United States: 1880-1910
The Central Pacific and Transcontinental Eleven Step:
How to Run a Transcontinental Railroad
How to Run a Transcontinental Railroad
Examples of Digitizing Rail from Historic USGS Quads
