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CA, Ludlow-San Bernardino County-Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Lock & Key

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Padlocks/Handcuffs Start Price:375.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 - 1,500.00 USD
CA, Ludlow-San Bernardino County-Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Lock & Key
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday April 11, 10am-6pm
* Preview also available by appointment

Live Auction
Friday & Saturday
April 12-13, 2012
9am PDT starting time, both days

Location
Atlantis Casino & Resort
Grand Ballroom #4
3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502

Lot Pick Up
Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
Sunday April 14th, 10am-1pm

This lot includes a rare and unique working railroad lock and key from the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad. The lock measures 3.5"x 3.5" and has a 2" brass key that actually works the lock. The TT, was a class II railroad extending roughly 200 miles through remote reaches of the Mojave Desert from the Santa Fe Railway railhead at Ludlow, California, through Death Valley and Amargosa Valley, terminating at the mining towns of Tonopah and Goldfield in the Great Basin Desert in Nye County, Nevada. The railroad was listed as a common carrier, however it was built by Francis Marion Smith the Borax King and his Pacific Coast Borax Company primarily to transport borax to processing and market. The line is now completely abandoned. HKA#63675