Brass Oil Lantern

Title Ogden Union Station Communication Display
Description Objects used to maintain railroad communication.
Subject Railroads--Communication systems
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Digital 2015
Medium Photogrphay
Spatial Coverage Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206, 41.223, -111.97383
Type Image/StillImage
Language eng
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Ogden Union Station Collection
Format image/jpeg
ARK ark:/87278/s6vr66sx
Setname wsu_vhm
ID 98414
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6vr66sx

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Title Brass Oil Lantern
Contributors Ogden Union Station
Image Captions Lanterns used to signal trains and railway workers. In the days before city lights and GPS, railroad lanterns served a very important purpose: they communicated signals at night between trains and stations. Sometimes, a timely lantern signal meant the difference between life and death.
Description Objects used to maintain railroad communication.
Subject Railroads--Communication systems
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Digital 2015
Type Image/StillImage
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Ogden Union Station Collection
Sponsorship/Funding Image provided by Lee Witten, Union Station Archivist
Format image/jpeg
Setname wsu_vhm
ID 98560
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6vr66sx/98560