| Credit: | by Russell (Andrew J.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1863.03-04 |
| Negative Size: | 6.5 in. x 8.5 in. |
| Equipment: | barrel anchor; rope |
| 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. 82.
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. 82. One of the most convenient modes of constructing anchors for floating bridges, in the absence of a regular equipage, consists of taking empty barrels one end of which has been removed, boring six or eight two-inch auger holes around and a short distance above the bottom, into which stakes of tough wood are driven. A rope is then fastened to the inside, the barrel filled with stone or gravel, and sung. See No. 82.