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File Details: AAEXm, 600 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 17.5 Mb

Image ID: AAEX

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1863.03-04

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.

Locations & Lines:

Alexandria VA; Orange & Alexandria Railroad (O&A); Potomac River; Virginia

Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army

Transports:

blanket boat; flatcar

Sources:

Boston Athenaeum; J. Paul Getty Museum; Lehigh University; Library of Congress

Haupt, United States Military Railway Department. Construction And Transportation. No. 74.

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. 74–The boats can be used singly by those who are accustomed to canoe navigation, and even those who have had but little experience in boating can use them, if not excessively awkward. Two me should sit flat on the bottom, facing each other, and use the paddle. See Nos. 73, 74.