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File Details: AAAPm, 600 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 16.4 Mb

Image ID: AAAP

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1863.02-03

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.

Equipment:

rope; sledgehammer

Locations & Lines:

Alexandria VA; Orange & Alexandria Railroad (O&A); Virginia

Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army

Sources:

J. Paul Getty Museum; Library of Congress

Haupt, United States Military Railway Department. Construction And Transportation. No. 15. Experimental Suspension Trusses of Boards. – Loading the board suspension bridge with railroad iron for the purpose of breaking it.