| Credit: | by Russell (Andrew J.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1863.03-04 |
| Negative Size: | 6.5 in. x 8.5 in. |
| Equipment: | rail |
| Locations & Lines: | Virginia |
| Military Units: | US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army |
| Sources: | J. Paul Getty Museum; Lehigh University; Library of Congress |
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File Details: AAEEm, 600 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 17.5 Mb
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Haupt, United States Military Railway Department. Construction And Transportation. No. 53.
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. 53–A successful attempt to bend and break rails is shown in No. 53. A rail was placed parallel to and in contact with, one of the rails of the track; three spikes were then driven about three feet from the end to serve as a fulcrum; ten men carried the rail around, bending it at the place where it was spiked, and finally breaking it at that point.
African-american workers.
