Central City

01/27/07

Below are pictures culled from various sources of the railroads, mines and mills around Central City.

There are more pictures of Central City at the CCRR/C&S RR Central City Page. Also check out the Rialto Mine and the Gregory Buell Mill.

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Welcome address in Central City	Lawrence Street	Celebration in Central City on arrival of CCRR, May 21 1878

Central City before the 1874 fire.	Central City after the 1874 fire.	Looking west at Central City

Looking up Eureka Street to where the Gilpin crossed. Note the covered reservoir in the middle past the Gilpin trackage.	Looking up Eureka Gulch H H Lake Abbott collection	Academy, Central City Gilpin Historic Society

Looking North over Central City.	Central City C S Ryland collection Abbott Collection	Central City, 1878

Gilpin Tram steams above Central City	Central City	Central City today taken from site of Freedom Mine Mark Baldwin 10/17/03

Central City	Looking west up Gregory Gulch into Central City from near Black Hawk Abbott Collection	Looking west across the south side of Central City Abbott Collection

East end of town in Gregory Gulch looking SE H H Lake Abbott Collection	East end of town in Gregory Gulch looking west. Abbott collection	East end of town in Gregory Gulch looking west. Abbott collection

Upper end of Eureka st in Central City. Workers shovel snow from the tracks of the Gilpin Tramway in the distance. H H Lake Dec 1913 (1899?) Abbott Colection	In this photograph a tramway train of coal for the mines heads uphill on Eureka St in Central City W.G. Steele R.A. Ronzio Collection Abbott Collection	Southwest toward Gunnell Hill from above Gilpin Tramway tracks upper Eureka St. Gunnell Mine center of photo. Grand Army mine near to ridgeway. Concrete Mine in distance. Beyond the Grand Army Prosser Gulch at right edge of photo. H H Lake, 1899 Abbot collection

School on left. Gilpin Historic Society	Woman's Baseball Gilpin Historic Society	Gregory Gulch, East side of Central City Gilpin Historic Society
Looking north Gilpin Historic Society	Station and ball park Gilpin Historic Society	View from Academy Gilpin Historic Society

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