The great Erie Railroad docks, Cleveland, Ohio. A large Cylindrical metal dumper overturns railroad coal cars to dump contents into a ship, at the rate of two cars per minute. It rolls up an incline,with a coal car inside, turning the coal car upside down to empty it. This is repeated twice. Then the empty coal car is moved out and a new full one arrives ready to enter the dumper. (Edison Company, June, 1897)
Shows the private electric railway of Armour & Co. in the packing company's Chicago yards. Electric trolley passes along tracks. Men stand on the electric trolley, which is filled with. Cartons. (Filmed by Edison Company)
A herd of long-horn cattle herded through the Chicago stock yard gates on the way to the slaughter house. Man seen prodding a few with a long pole. (Filmed by Edison Company, July, 1897)
The Northern Pacific Railroad Overland Express arrives at Helena, Montana. A number of persons are waiting on the station platform, and a baggage wagon is seen. Behind the steam locomotive of the arriving train are four express cars, and behind them seven coaches and Pullmans. Passengers get on and off, and baggage and articles are loaded and unloaded. ( Edison Company film, copyrighted April 4,1900, but believed to be actually filmed about July 1897, when much attention was focused on the Klondike Gold Rush and capabilities of railroads in the Northwestern U.S.)
The S.S. "Queen" docked at Seattle, Washington, boarding prospective miners bound for the gold fields of Yukon territory, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush. Would-be miners crowd the decks of the ship and the dock. They carry personal belongings, supplies and tools. (Edison Company,filmed August 6, 1897, in Seattle, Washington)
Loading baggage aboard the ship SS Queen, for Klondike number 6, at dock in Seattle, Washington. Numerous prospective gold miners rushed by ship, like this, to the Yukon territory, Canada, in 1897. (Filmed by Edison Company, August 6, 1897)
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