Grading Echo Mountain, with MacPherson and Lowe

In the fall of 1892 there was a flurry of work going on atop Echo Mountain. With the tent housing the Engineer’s Headquarters in the foreground, Engineer David Joseph MacPherson (left) with plans in his hands, chats with Thaddeus Lowe as he rests his hand on the horn of the saddle.

Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection, generous gift of John Robinson