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File Details: AAORm, 600 DPI, JPEG, Original Photograph, 2.5 Mb

Image ID: AAOR

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1863.03-05

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.

Locations & Lines:

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

Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army

Structures & Establishments:

Wilkes Street Tunnel (Alexandria VA)

Transports:

USMRR locomotive Senator, USMRR locomotive Thornton/Senator

Sources:

Cowan Auctions; Huntington Library; Lee Gallery

Huntington Library says: A train tunnel in Alexandria, Va. A steam engine with the words, [U.]S.M.R.R. : SENATOR, is just about to pass under the bridge into the tunnel. Title on mount: The Tunnel Alex. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 41. 1863.

Lee Gallery says: The locomotive “Senator” approaching the Wilkes Street tunnel, Alexandria, VA.

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