| Credit: | by Russell (Andrew J.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1863.03-04 |
| Negative Size: | 6.5 in. x 8.5 in. |
| Equipment: | rail; jackscrew |
| Locations & Lines: | Alexandria VA; Virginia |
| Military Units: | US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army |
| Structures & Establishments: | Pioneer Mills (Alexandria VA) |
| Sources: | J. Paul Getty Museum; Library of Congress |
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Haupt, United States Military Railway Department. Construction And Transportation. No. 67.
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. 67–The short bends or kinks in the rails, whether in the track or out of it, are readily removed by the apparatus represented in Nos. 67 and 68. The pile of iron in No. 67 is a portion of that destroyed by the rebels on the Loudon and Hampshire Railroad, and brought to Alexandria, where it now lies. A portion of this iron was heated and bent around trees, from which it could be removed only by cutting the trees down.
Haupt, Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt, plate 14. Straightening Slight Bends in Rails by Use of Jack-Screw.
