Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: ABEMm, 300 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 7.1 Mb

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Image ID: ABEM

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)
Date:

1864.09-10
Negative Size:

10 in. x 13 in.
Equipment:

horse; railroad switch; telegraph pole
Locations & Lines:

City Point VA; City Point & Army Line Railroad (CP&AL); James River; Virginia
Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army
Structures & Establishments:

Building 34 (City Point VA); USMRR Carpenter Shop (a) (City Point VA); USMRR Engine House (City Point VA); USMRR Offices (City Point VA); USMRR Supply Store (City Point VA); USMRR Turntable (City Point VA); USMRR Water Tanks (a) (City Point VA)
Transports:

boxcar; flatcar; locomotive
Sources:

National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

The MOLLUS Collection says: U.S. Military Railroad, City Point, Va.

The turntable is next to the engine house, but the machine shop and car shop have yet to be constructed.

Etched onto negative: Engine House.

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