Donner Pass Train Poster Sunset low slung cars

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the dam is 660 feet thick narrowing to 45 feet at the top

Construction on Marys Rock Tunnel began in 1931 and was considered “a monumental feat of engineering

protect and be inspired by the red sandstone canyons and monuments

a road over the high Sierras became important

Donner Pass Train Poster Sunset low slung carsDescription 14" x 22" poster Interpretive Copy Americas first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869. The most difficult portion of the track to build was through the Sierra Nevada Mountains and over the 7,056 foot summit of Donner Pass. The 1,659 foot long Summit Tunnel, four additional tunnels, miles of snow sheds, and two Chinese Walls were also exceptionally challenging to build. Much of the same route carved out of the granite cliffs