Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: AHPJm, 350 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 6.8 Mb

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Image ID: AHPJ

Credit:

by Fowx (Egbert G.)
Date:

1863.05-06
Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.
Equipment:

barrel; wall tent
Locations & Lines:

Alexandria Loudon & Hampshire Railroad (AL&H); Alexandria VA; Potomac River; Virginia
Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army
Structures & Establishments:

Coal Wharf (Alexandria VA); Cumberland Coal & Iron Company (Alexandria VA); Steamboat Repair Wharf (Alexandria VA)
Transports:

buggy; horse-drawn cart; schooner; side-wheeler John Brooks; side-wheeler Sylvan Shore
Sources:

National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Coal Wharf and Steamboat Repair Wharf, Alexandria, VA, with the Georgetown & Alexandria Canal joining the Potomac between the wharves. “Tallaga” is written on the long arch-roofed structure on the Repair Wharf, center left. Tracks of the Loudon & Hampshire Railroad in the foreground.

Fowx negative no. 117.

Etched onto negative: 117.

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