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File Details: AAEKm, 600 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 17.7 Mb

Image ID: AAEK

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1863.02-03

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.

Equipment:

auger; Haupt’s torpedo

Locations & Lines:

Orange & Alexandria Railroad (O&A); Virginia

Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army

Structures & Establishments:

O&A McCallum Bridge (Virginia)

Transports:

boxcar; locomotive

Sources:

J. Paul Getty Museum; Library of Congress

Haupt, United States Military Railway Department. Construction And Transportation. Unnumbered plate.

Drilling into a bridge support, demonstrating use of Haupt’s torpedo, held by man seated at right.

Library of Congress says: Men working on railroad bridge.

Getty Museum says: McCallum Bridge.