Sunday, April 23, 2017

Before and After Baker's Tank

A before and after photo I found of the Baker's tank on the Boreas pass route from Then and Now, Images of Colorado and the West.  The original tank is on the left.  The tank on the right was its replacement, moved here, if I am correct, from the west portal area of the Alpine Tunnel after the route was abandoned in 1910.
Here is the caption Then and Now gave: 
Old Railroad Route, These two photos show the same spot from 2 different era's and 2 vastly different modes of transportation. This is the Bakers water tank on Boreas Pass. This road goes between Como in South Park on highway 285 and Breckenridge. It crosses the continental divide and follows the old rail bed of the Denver South Park and Pacific railroad. An old steam engine is shown at the tank in 1887 and a nice family with their Pickup posed in the same spot in 2014.

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