| Credit: | by Russell (Andrew J.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1863.03-04 |
| Negative Size: | 6.5 in. x 8.5 in. |
| Equipment: | axe; chain; horse; rail |
| Locations & Lines: | Virginia |
| Military Units: | US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army |
| Sources: | Boston Athenaeum; Lehigh University; Library of CongressLibrary of Congress |
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Haupt, United States Military Railway Department. Construction And Transportation. No. 54.
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. 54–A similar experiment is represented in Plate No. 54. In this case instead of the spikes, a chain was passed around the rails at about three feet from the end of the loose rail experimented upon. A horse was attached to the other end, who doubled the rail ingot the shape of the letter U without difficulty.
On the opposite track, in Plate 54, a joint is shown, raised from the tied by driving wedges under the chair.
Haupt, Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt, plate 11. Bending Rails With Aid of Horse.
African-american workers.
