1800s Archive · Ancient sites

How the Oroya railway climbs in zigzags over the Andes, Peru

Peru · 1907

How the Oroya railway climbs in zigzags over the Andes, Peru, Peru, 1907
How the Oroya railway climbs in zigzags over the Andes, Peru, Peru, 1907. Ancient sites — The 1800s Archive, from the Library of Congress record.

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