Collection Photo, Print, Drawing Al'bom vidov Zapadno-Sibirskoĭ i Ekaterinburgo-Cheli︠a︡binskoĭ zheleznykh dorog. Альбом видов Западно-Сибирской и Екатеринбурго-Челябинской железных дорог.
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Title
- Al'bom vidov Zapadno-Sibirskoĭ i Ekaterinburgo-Cheli︠a︡binskoĭ zheleznykh dorog.
Other Title
- Альбом видов Западно-Сибирской и Екатеринбурго-Челябинской железных дорог.
Translated Title
- Album "Views of the West-Siberian and Ekateringburg-Cheliabinsk Railroad".
Summary
- In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Akin to the great railroads to the Pacific in both the United States and Canada, Russia's transcontinental line was intended to supply and populate Siberia as well as deliver raw materials to the rapidly developing industries west of the Urals. Working against an ambitious timetable and under severe conditions of climate and terrain, the Russians effectively united the European and Asian parts of the empire by completing this herculean project. The engineering plans provided for the sequential construction of six basic segments. The first of these branches was the West Siberian line from Chelyabinsk to Novo-Nikolaevsk (the future city of Novosibirsk) on the Ob' River. This album of 50 photographs from the Collection of Documentary Materials on the History of the West-Siberian Railroad (1890s-1978) in the Novosibirsk Oblast State Archive documents the construction of the West Siberian railroad and the railroad between the cities of Ekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk. The images, by the artist and printer Artur Ivanovich Vil'borg (born 1856), include views of railroad bridges over the Ushaika, Tom', and Lebiazh'ia Rivers, the passenger depots at the Tomsk, Ob', and Oiash stations, and portraits of engineers and other personnel involved in the railroad construction. World Digital Library.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1892-1896
Headings
- - zheleznai︠a︡ doroga
- - sooruzhenii︠a︡
- - zdanii︠a︡ parovoznye
- - stant︠s︡ii
- - vokzaly
- - Zapadnai︠a︡ Sibir'
- - Ural
- - Russian Federation
- - железная дорога
- - сооружения
- - здания паровозные
- - станции
- - вокзалы
- - Западная Сибирь
- - Урал
Notes
- - Iz Kollekt︠s︡ii dokumental'nykh materialov po istorii Zapadno-Sibirskoĭ zheleznoĭ dorogi (1890-e - 1978 gg.).
- - Original image at: State Archives of Novosibirsk Oblast
- - Из Коллекции документальных материалов по истории Западно-Сибирской железной дороги (1890-е - 1978 гг.).
Medium
- 1 photograph : 40.0 x 60.0 cm ; papka v kozhannom pereplete s tisneniem, v kotoruiu vlozheno 50 listov.
Source Collection
- Views of the West-Siberian and Ekateringburg-Cheliabinsk Railroad
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2018684712
Online Format
- image