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File Details: 2BRXm, 320 DPI, JPEG, Original Photograph, .6 Mb

Image ID: 2BRX

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1863.02-03

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.

Locations & Lines:

Alexandria VA; Potomac River; Virginia

Military Units:

US Army; US Military Railroads (USMRR)

Structures & Establishments:

USMRR Wharf (Alexandria VA)

Transports:

ark

Sources:

Smithsonian American History Museum

Haupt, United States Military Railway Department. Construction And Transportation. No. 6. Represents arks in process of construction; one is seen on the launching ways nearly finished. The bottom of another is represented on the platform, part of the canvas projecting over the edges. The arks while being constructed rest on rollers, by means of which they are launched with great facility.

Related Image AAAF is an alternate view.