Image of wreckage from the great railroad wreck on the T. P. & W.R.R. near Chatsworth, Illinois, August 10th 1887. This specific shot shows the sleeper "Tunis," the height and width of the culvert 5 1/2 by 8 feet, the cause of the wreck, and seventeen pairs of trucks in one pile. [0003-0704-1620-1969] by 0003
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american history, black and white, chatsworth, disaster, disasters, historic, historical, history, illinois, railroad, railroad wreck, rr, train, train wreck, train wrecks, trains, transportation, wreck, wreckage, wrecks
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