Original photo copied by Asahel Curtis.
<p>Caption on border: Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer, 625 Colman Block, Seattle.
</p><p>Handwritten on mount: Seattle Coal &amp; Trans. Co. Locomotive bringing first coal on the railway from Lake Union to Pike 1871. Ca. 1871.
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<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Railroad locomotives--Washington (State)--Seattle; Railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul><hr><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/379569529068459/posts/1524754441216623/">Robin Adams says on Facebook</a> that according to <i>Orphan Road</i> by Kurt Armbruster, the photo was taken Mar 22, 1872 and the engine was called "Ant".
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circa 1871 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1871-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
According to <i>Orphan Road</i> by Kurt Armbruster Taken on 22 March 1872
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