![Alexander Gardner, [Railroad Bridge Across Grasshopper Creek, Kansas]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/997eb1a7-df63-49db-a3bf-d02a6fe7a9a7/full/!1400,/0/default.jpg)
[Railroad Bridge Across Grasshopper Creek, Kansas]
1867
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- 33 × 47.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-364580
Although the setting for this railroad bridge appears serene, the impending arrival of a large, noisy steam engine could, at any moment, destroy its tranquility. Railroads connected people to places far and wide, but in passing through remote regions they altered once-pristine landscapes. Overcoming geological obstacles, like this narrow body of water, was a significant feat. The locomotive's path required bridges, trestles, tunnels, and other engineering constructions for the "iron horse" to run smoothly. Alexander Gardner made this image while documenting the construction of a rail line to California for the Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- 1867 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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