Hart positioned his camera nearly atop tunnel no. 11 to capture this image. Facing west, the view records the early phase of construction of the snowshed between tunnels nos. 11 and 10. Donner Peak, as it is called today, forms the background. When the railroad was built the mountain was called “Crested Peak”—a descriptive name derived from its unusual volcanic cap-rock.
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