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A sepia photograph ca. 1892 of the Great Switchback R.R. loading tower at Highland Beach from a second angle — seven passengers on the platform under the GREAT SWITCHBACK R.R. signboard, the large ticket board reading THE FINEST SPORT OF EARTH 3¢ ROUND TRIP, two men and barrels at foreground left

The Great Switchback R.R. — a second angle, ca. 1892

ca. 1892

Highland Beach, foot of Sandy Hook (approximate)

A second surviving photograph of the Great Switchback R.R. at Highland Beach, ca. 1892. The same two-story loading tower with the wooden coaster trestle running down to the second tower — but photographed from a different angle. Seven men and women stand on the loading platform under the smaller GREAT SWITCHBACK R.R. signboard; the larger signboard reading GREAT SWITCHBACK R.R. THE FINEST SPORT OF EARTH 3¢ ROUND TRIP 3¢ hangs above the ticket window on the front. Two men in period dress and wooden barrels at foreground left; a passenger car stands under the platform at right; the beach visible at far left.

Original and colorized

A sepia photograph ca. 1892 of the Great Switchback R.R. loading tower at Highland Beach from a second angle — seven passengers on the platform under the GREAT SWITCHBACK R.R. signboard, the large ticket board reading THE FINEST SPORT OF EARTH 3¢ ROUND TRIP, two men and barrels at foreground left
A colorized photograph of the Great Switchback R.R. at Highland Beach ca. 1892 — the gravity-railroad loading tower with red-lettered signs reading GREAT SWITCHBACK R.R. THE FINEST SPORT OF EARTH 3¢, the wooden coaster trestle behind, two men and barrels in the foreground

Item record

Title
The Great Switchback R.R. — a second angle, ca. 1892
Date
ca. 1892
Source
Sandlass Family Collection · via ATH archive
Contributor
Sandlass Family Collection
Rights
Sandlass Family Collection — permission granted for ATH publication
Slug
hb-family-img-9291

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The Great Switchback R.R. — a second angle, ca. 1892 (ca. 1892). Sandlass Family Collection · via ATH archive The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/hb-family-img-9291/.