Earthquake Damage to Railroads

W. G. Byers Collection: 1922-1925

	Image-B0601 Coquimbo. Effects of earthquake wave (tsunami) in railroad yard: wave was 26 ft. (8 meters) above mean tide.
	Image-B0602 Vallenar (Atacama). Rock fall on train tracks up the Huasco River Valley, near Quebrada Jilguero and fault line.
	Image-B0603 Vallenar (Atacama). Railroad up the Huasco River Valley, showing displacement of track.
	Image-B0701 Collapse of embankment of Tokaido Line in the Nakajima area.
	Image-B0702 Azumabashi Bridge collapsed.
	Image-B0703 Damage to embankment of Tokaido line and Route 1 caused by ground failure Line in the Nakajima area.
	Image-B0704 Damage to bridge over Sagami River.
	Image-B0705 Destruction of Kandabashi Bridge.
	Image-B0706 Destruction of railroad in the Hakone tourist resort and spa area.
	Image-B0707 Eitaibashi railroad bridge destroyed by fire.
	Image-B0708 Destruction of iron bridge on river in Tokyo.
	Image-B0801 Dos Pueblos viaduct on Southern Pacific Railroad near Naples, California. This structural steel viaduct successfully resisted the earthquake.
	Image-B0802 West end of the Dos Pueblos viaduct on Southern Pacific Railroad near Naples, California. The piers are shown as repaired after the shock. The cracks between individual stones were packed with cement mortar and then the entire pier was encased in a 12-inch thick jacket of reinforced concrete. This steel bridge successfully resisted the earthquake.
	Image-B0803 Stone foundation pier under the Southern Pacific Railroad's Dos Pueblos steel bridge. The pier was repaired by first driving wooden wedges into the crack, then packing it with cement mortar. The entire pier was encased in a 12-inch jacket of reinforced concrete.
	Image-B0804 Southern Pacific Company's water tank at Santa Barbara. This 50,000 gallon, wood-stave tank on cast-iron columns collapse due to earthquake forces.
	Image-B0805 Subsidence under tracks near Coromar, 11 miles north of Santa Barbara. Southern Pacific Railroad.
	Image-B0806 Ground upheaval and cracking of stone masonry abutment of Southern Pacific trestle between Naples and Santa Barbara.
	Image-B0807 Southern Pacific's roundhouse at Santa Barbara. The brick wall at the south end was thrown down by the shock. The timber-supported roof is still standing, except where the brick-wall support failed.

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