| Credit: | by Russell (Andrew J.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1863.03-04 |
| Negative Size: | 6.5 in. x 8.5 in. |
| Equipment: | Haupts torpedo |
| Locations & Lines: | Alexandria VA; Virginia |
| Military Units: | US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army |
| Sources: | J. Paul Getty Museum; Library of Congress |
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Haupt, United States Military Railway Department. Construction And Transportation. No. 57.
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. 57–No. 57 represents two bridge torpedoes, one of them taken apart to show the mode of construction.
Haupt, Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt, plate 7. Haupt’s Torpedo for Quickly Wrecking Wooden Bridges.
