ANZA-BORREGO SOUTH : ROADS   Railroad Camp

Photo of the ruins of a railroad construction camp for the San Diego & Arizona Railroad near Indian Hill
Railroad Construction Camp

This long-abandoned camp near Indian Hill served as a storage facility for blasting powder used by the San Diego-Arizona Railway to open tunnels through the Jacumba Mountains west of here.

Photo of the rusted top of a can of blasting powder used for tunnel construction for the San Diego-Arizona Railway


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