Anza-Borrego South: Railroad Construction 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