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Entrance to the Carlton Tunnel in September 1989.
The Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel was built by the Busk Tunnel Railway Company for the Colorado Midland Railroad in 1891 as a replacement for the Hagerman Tunnel at a lower, more direct route. It connected Aspen and Leadville.
The tunnel was abandoned following Colorado Midland's 1897 bankruptcy and was converted to one-way auto traffic in 1922 as the Carlton Tunnel, a toll tunnel carrying then-State Highway...
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1930s: The confluence of the Frying Pan and the Roaring Fork Rivers near Basalt, Colorado. There are two people standing in the right foreground and a bridge in the background with houses behind it. Some snow on the ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1939?: Railroad "Y," Highway No. 104, near Basalt. The highway has been surfaced; some snow on the ground. Several buildings in the background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Entrance to the Carlton tunnel in 1932, in the snow.
The Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel was built by the Busk Tunnel Railway Company for the Colorado Midland Railroad in 1891 as a replacement for the Hagerman Tunnel at a lower, more direct route. It connected Aspen and Leadville.
The tunnel was abandoned following Colorado Midland's 1897 bankruptcy and was converted to one-way auto traffic in 1922 as the Carlton Tunnel, a toll tunnel carrying then-State Highway...
