California Highway 136 - A

Eastern Mojave Vegetation	California Highway 136
	Tom Schweich

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Other Articles: U. S. Highway 395: at CA Hwy 136	Junction: U. S. Highway 395 This road junction is just south of Lone Pine. There is an inter-agency information center here with books, maps, and general information. California Highway 136 provides a short cut from Lone Pine to the Death Valley highway, California Highway 190.
Mt. Whitney and the Sierra Nevada as seen from CA Hwy 136 Other Articles: Field Notes: 16-Jul-05 Locations: Sierra Nevada.	View of the Sierra Nevada. Mount Whitney is the set-back peak directly above the vanishing point of CA Highway 136.
Former Southern Pacific Crossing of CA Highway 136 Other Articles: Field Notes: 16-Jul-05	This is the crossing of the former Jawbone Branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
	Owens River
	Owens Lake
Two towers of the former salt tram visible from Swansea. Other Articles: Field Notes: 16-Jul-05 at Swansea	Two towers of the former salt tram from Saline Valley were barely visible from CA Highway 136 near Swansea.
Landmark for Owens Lake Silver-Lead Furnace. Other Articles: Field Notes: 16-Jul-05 at Swansea	Owens Lake Silver-Lead Furnace The Owens Lake Silver-Lead furnace and mill was built here by Col. Sherman Stevens in 1869 and used until March 1874. James Brady assumed its operation in 1870 for the Silver-Lead Company and built the town of Swansea. During the next five years the output of this furnace and another at Cerro Gordo was around 150 bars of silver every 24 hours, each weighing 83 pounds. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 752 Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Eastern California Museum Association. November 5, 1961.
Former Southern Pacific section house in Swansea. Other Articles: Field Notes: 16-Jul-05 at Swansea	Near Swansea, there are the remains of a section house, still painted in Southern Pacific orange.
Former Southern Pacific stock car in Swansea. Other Articles: Field Notes: 16-Jul-05 at Swansea	And a narrow gauge stock car.
Locations: Swansea.	Swansea
Former depot in Keeler. Other Articles: Field Notes: 16-Jul-05 at Keeler
Former depot in Keeler. Other Articles: Field Notes: 16-Jul-05 at Keeler
Locations: Keeler.	Keeler
Sierra talc plant in Keeler. Other Articles: Field Notes: 16-Jul-05 at Keeler	Sierra Talc plant in Keeler.
Other Articles: Cerro Gordo Road: at CA Hwy 136	Junction: Cerro Gordo Road
Other Articles: CA Hwy 190: south of Lone Pine	Junction: California Highway 190, east through Panamint and Death Valleys, west to US Highway 395 at Olancha.
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