Scenes Along the Line of the Alpine Division, Mount Lowe Railway
Pasadena, CA: Hill, (c.1893). Large Format. Albumen photograph [20 cm x 25 cm] on a black Hill mount. Gilt edge mount. Nice contrasts. Item #10977
Nice view of a small group in an open top trolley on the Mount Lowe Railway tracks with the San Gabriel Valley behind and beneath the group. William Henry Hill (1845-1925) was a Pasadena photographer who served as the official photographer of Mount Lowe Railway projects during its construction in the 1890s. The Mount Lowe Railway was conceived of by Professor Thaddeus S. C. Lowe with his partner, chief engineer David Macpherson, in 1891, as a scenic tourist line to bring visitors to see and enjoy the resort amenities and beauty of the San Gabriel Mountains above Altadena and Pasadena, California. Construction of the electric traction railway began in 1891, and it officially opened on July 4, 1893. The Alpine Division of the Mount Lowe Railway was a narrow-gauge trolley that wound its way from Echo Mountain to Ye Alpine Tavern on Mount Lowe.
Price: $350.00