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File Details: AMQIm, 300 DPI, JPEG, Halftone Photograph, .5 Mb
| Credit: | unknown photographer |
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| Date: | 1863-1865 |
| Equipment: | bell |
| Locations & Lines: | Alexandria VA; Orange & Alexandria Railroad (O&A); Virginia |
| Military Units: | US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army |
| Structures & Establishments: | Downtown Baptist Church (Alexandria VA) |
| Transports: | USMRR locomotive C. Vibbard |
| Sources: | Ansco Brady Collection |
US Military Railroads locomotive C. Vibbard at Alexandria, Va.
Abdill, Civil War Railroads, p85: In March of 1864 the engine C. VIBBARD of the U.S. Military Railroad fell through a span of the Long Bridge over the Potomac River at Washington, D.C.; the locomotive was fished out of the river with blocks and tackle suspended from a wooden frame erected overhead at the site of her dunking. The C. VIBBARD, pictured here, was built by Baldwin in 1862 under Shop No. 1097.