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- Title:
- Chicago and North Western Train Wreck, April 23, 1908, De Witt, Iowa
- Creator:
- Mousel (De Witt, Iowa)~photographer
- Date Created:
- 1908
- Description:
- View of the wrecked train. On April 23, 1908, southwest of DeWitt, Iowa, at Silver Creek, flooding weakened a bridge and gave way to stock train 132 where an engine and 17 cars of cattle fell into the water. Three crewmen perished in the wreck.
- Subjects:
- Railroad accidents Train wrecks Transportation Railroads, Chicago & North Western Streams
- Physical Location:
- MS 01.108, Box 3 Series
- Location:
- Clinton County (Iowa); De Witt (Iowa)
- Latitude:
- 41.816163
- Longitude:
- -90.566859
- Source:
- Real photo, divided back.
- Source Identifier:
- ihpc_de_wit0005
- Type:
- Image;StillImage
- Format:
- image/tiff
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Chicago and North Western Train Wreck, April 23, 1908, De Witt, Iowa", CollectionBuilder CSV, Digital Initiatives, University of Idaho Library
- Reference Link:
- https://black-sea-0a2020810-1.centralus.azurestaticapps.net/items/16950.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Grinnell College Libraries does not own the copyright in these images and therefore cannot give or deny permission to publish or distribute any of them. It is the researcher's responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing material from this collection. Any materials used must carry a credit line: Historic Iowa Postcard Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Grinnell College Libraries.