Record Details
pages 86-87
Oregon Digital
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Identifier | ORU_WTXT_025ar http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,317 |
| Title | pages 86-87 |
| Relation | The Columbia Unveiled |
| Date | 2004-07-07 |
| Rights | This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested. |
| Type | page |
| Format | Scanned from originals using Silverfast AI 6.0 on UMAX Powerlook III flatbed scanner. Scanned images saved as 16 bit grayscale tiffs. 117,097 bytes 8 bit - Gray Gamma 2.2 - grayscale Omnipage 14 used to OCR 8 bit grayscale tiffs and generate text files for full text access. 16 bit grayscale tiffs edited in Photoshop 6.0: cropped, rotated, reduced in size, levels adjusted from 0 - 1.00 - 255 to 0 - 1.00 - 249, bit depth reduced to 8 and JPEGs created. |
| Description | the line to the summit is now 2.2 per cent. Two 154-ton consolidation locomotives now haul, upgrade, a trainload of 980 tons weight. The section of the Rocky Mountains where the Canadian Pacific Railway climbs to the summit is called "Rocky Mountain Park," and is noted for its great ice fields, beautiful lakes and other scenic attractions. The principal tourist resorts are Banff and Field. I failed to get a camp stove and gold pan at Golden, but purchased 100 feet of good half-inch manila... |
