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Arvin-Tehachapi earthquake damage along the Southern Pacific Railroad near Bealville. Kern County, California. 1952.

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1952

Summary

Arvin-Tehachapi earthquake damage along the Southern Pacific Railroad near Bealville. Sharp bend in the tracks south of Tunnel 3 strikingly demonstrates that the ground had been shortened in this area. A landslide blocks the east portion of tunnel 3. Kern County, California. 1952. Published in California Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines, Bulletin 171, Figure 6, pt. 1, contribution 7. 1955.

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U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Kupfer, Donald Harry

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name photoLibrary kdh00001
number photoLibrary 20486
batch photoLibrary btch566
number_in_book photoLibrary 1

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