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Resource Number: 5GN1661.2 <br />Temporary Resource Number: <br />LinearCompanent Form <br />(page 2 of 2) <br /> <br />f~J <br />III. RESEARCH INFORMATION <br />12. Architect/Engineer: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) <br />Source of information/justification: Ubbelohde, Benson and Smith. A Co/orado History. Boulder: <br />Pruett Publishing. 1972. <br />13. Builder: Ovmar Crook Construction Company <br />Source of Information: Robert Athearn <br />14. Date of Construction/Date Range: 1902 with extension to Somerset completed 1906 (this segment). <br />Source of Information: Robert Athearn <br />15. Historical/Archival Data: D&RGW Collection, Colorado Historical Society; Jackson Thode photo <br />collection, Denver Public Library, Western History; Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden <br />16. Prehistoric Cultural Affiliation: N/A <br />IV. MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS <br />17. Eligibility of entire resource: <br />Eligible XX Not eligible Need data <br />Is this an official IOAHP) determination? Yes XX No Date 12/21 /94 <br />Is this a field determination? Yes No XX <br />Remarks/justification: This segment is similar to other recorded on the line and determined eligible and• <br />thus it is recommended as eligible. Further, the segment shares the same significance as the other <br />portions of the line and is recommended eligible as a contributing element of the linear site. <br />18. Eligibility of the segment being recorded: <br />Contributing XX Non-contributing Not applicable <br />Remarks/justification: This segment of the D&RGW includes a trestle spanning Bear Creek which <br />remains intact and demonstrates a construction technique that is distinctive of the type used in <br />constructing a railroad that played a significant role in regional, state and national history. This portion <br />of the D&RGW played an important role in the development of Gunnison County and in the regional <br />development of agriculture, coal mining and precious metal mining. <br />19. Recorderlsl: Thomas J. Lennon/WCRM 20. Datelsl: 7/9/2001 <br />Colorado Historical Society <br />Oftice of Archaeology and Historic Preservation <br />1300 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203 <br />303-866-3395 <br />J <br />