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File Details: AMQUm, 300 DPI, JPEG, Halftone Photograph, 1.8 Mb
| Credit: | unknown photographer |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1864.05-06 |
| Equipment: | bell |
| Locations & Lines: | East Tennesse & Georgia Railroad (ET&G); Loudon TN; Tennessee; Tennessee River |
| Military Units: | US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army |
| Structures & Establishments: | ET&G bridge (Loudon TN) |
| Transports: | boxcar; USMRR locomotive 39 |
| Sources: | Private collection |
National Archives says: London Bridge, looking west, Knoxville Railroad, War Dept. Album, vol. 27.
Abdill, Civil War Railroads, p158: This historic photograph shows a locomotive and three cars of the United States Military Railroad on the lengthy bridge over the Tennessee River at Loudon, on the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad. The engine is No. 39, built for the U.S.M.R.R. by Wm. Mason in 1864, bearing Mason shop No. 150.