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| Title | Steam engine derailed east of Casselton, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1921? |
| Description | A train accident with the engine slanted, and a train car tipped over on the left. It has 2144 printed on the engine. The railroad tracks are broken, and all pushed together. There is a utility pole in the foreground, and a few men and women are standing looking at the train. |
| General Subject | Transportation
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Railroad accidents
Railroads
Railroad tracks
Railroad locomotives
Steam engines
Railroad cars
People
Utility poles
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| Location | Casselton (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1910-1919
1920-1929
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| Item Number | 2070.26.5 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 10 x 15 cm. |
| Transcription | "Evening Local, Boys playing with RR switch caused this just east of Casselton, They were caught and sent to reform school at Mandan"--Typed on the front of the copy of the same image.
"From Julius Piper, Casselton, No. Dak; Courtesy of Bert Piper Casselton." and "Happened east of Casselton, Engineer Geo. Treeman, Train was going west"--Handwritten on the back of the copy of the same image. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title supplied by staff. |
| Biography/History | A steam engine derailed near Casselton, N.D. between 1918 and 1921. Supposedly the accident was caused by two boys who had opened the switch on the tracks so "they could see a good wreck." |
| Bibliographic Reference | Tom Hoheisel and Andrew R. Nielsen. Images of America: Cass County. (Chicago: Arcadia, 2007), 67. |
| Repository Institution | Cass County Historical Society
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| Repository Collection | Cass County Historical Society Photography Collection 2070 (Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo)
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| Credit Line | Cass County Historical Society, Bonanzaville, West Fargo (2070.26.5) |
| Ordering Information | http://www.bonanzaville.org/main.php (701) 282-2822 Cass County Historical Society 1351 West Main Ave. West Fargo, ND 58078 |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dm2070265 |
