| Credit: | by Russell (Andrew J.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1863.03-04 |
| Negative Size: | 6.5 in. x 8.5 in. |
| Equipment: | auger; axe; horse; rail |
| Locations & Lines: | Orange & Alexandria Railroad (O&A); 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: AAEHm, 600 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 17.7 Mb
Image ID: AAEH
Haupt, United States Military Railway Department. Construction And Transportation. Plate 56.
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. 56–A rail was also bent readily by the plan represented in Plate 56. A hole was bored in a tie, in which was inserted a two-inch pin for a fulcrum: the short end of the rail to be bent rested against the end of a rail in the track that had not yet been taken up. A horse, hitched tot he long end of the rail. walked around and doubled it without difficulty.
Library of Congress says: Man posing with twisted rail.
Etched onto negative: 54.
