| Credit: | by Russell (Andrew J.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1863.02-03 |
| Negative Size: | 6.5 in. x 8.5 in. |
| Equipment: | rope |
| Locations & Lines: | Alexandria VA; Orange & Alexandria Railroad (O&A); Potomac River; Virginia |
| Military Units: | US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army |
| Structures & Establishments: | USMRR Wharf (Alexandria VA) |
| Transports: | flatcar; USMRR locomotive Monitor |
| Sources: | Huntington Library; J. Paul Getty Museum; Lehigh University; Library of Congress |
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USMRR locomotive “Monitor” at the Railroad Wharf on the Potomac in Alexandria, Va.
Haupt, United States Military Railway Department. Construction And Transportation. No. 3. Exhibits the surface of a pair of barges, showing the tracks for loading and unloading cars, also the movable bridges by which the tracks on the floats are connected with those on the wharf.
Haupt, Photographs Illustrative of Operations In Construction And Transportation, As Used To Facilitate The Movements Of The Armies Of The Rappahannock, Of Virginia, And Of The Potomac, Including Experiments Made To Determine The Most Practical and Expeditious Modes To Be Resorted To In The Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction Of Roads And Bridges. No. 3–Shows the end of the construction wharf, the three bridges for loading and unloading cars, and a float in the stream about to be placed in position to receive the cars and engines.
