Image ID: ABBX

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1864.09-12

Negative Size:

4.5 in. x 10 in. stereo

Equipment:

flag; railroad switch; wall tent

Locations & Lines:

City Point VA; City Point & Army Line Railroad (CP&AL); James River; Virginia

Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army

Structures & Establishments:

USMRR Carpenter Shop (a) (City Point VA); USMRR Carpenters’ Tool House (City Point VA); USMRR Engine House (City Point VA); USMRR Offices (City Point VA); USMRR Supply Store (City Point VA); USMRR Water Tanks (a) (City Point VA); USMRR Wharf (City Point VA); USMRR Wharf Water Tank (City Point VA)

Transports:

boxcar; locomotive

Sources:

DeGolyer Library SMU; Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection; Virginia Historical Society

DeGolyer Library SMU says: U.S. Military R.R. yards and engine house.

Virginia Historical Society says: Rail Road House at City Point.

Etched onto negative: R R Depot City Point. No. 17.

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