Image ID: AAMV

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1863.11

Negative Size:

14 in. x 17 in.

Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army

Structures & Establishments:

Old A&W Long Bridge (Potomac River) ; W. H. Whiton house (Georgetown DC)

Sources:

Colgate University; DeGolyer Library SMU; Huntington Library; Library of Congress

Locations & Lines:

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal; District of Columbia; Georgetown DC; Maryland; Mason’s Island; Potomac River; Virginia; Washington DC

Russell, United States Military Railroad Photographic Album. No. 286. – POTOMAC RIVER, Looking down from Georgetown. Showing Mason’s Island, Long Bridge, &c.

Huntington Library says: Photograph shows an aerial view of Georgetown rooftops and backyard gardens, the Potomac River, and Mason’s Island Washington, D.C. Title on mount: Potomac River above Washington, View of Potomac from W H Whiton’s house.

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