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

Image ID: AAAU

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1863.02-03

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.

Equipment:

auger

Locations & Lines:

Alexandria VA; 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. 20. Expedients for Crossing Streams – Blanket Boat. – No. 20 represents a pocket auger used to construct the frames of the blanket boats. It consists of a hollow case about 6 inches long, which contains a 3/4-inch auger for boring holes in the rails, and in the end is a hollow auger for cutting round tenons, 3/4-inch diameter and 1 1/2 inches long. The auger can be carried with little more inconvenience than a jack-knife.