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File Details: AMYZm, 400 DPI, JPEG, Original Photograph, 1.1 Mb

Image ID: AMYZ

Credit:

unknown photographer

Date:

1863.07

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.

Equipment:

bridge pontoon (wood)

Locations & Lines:

Washington DC; District of Columbia; Potomac River

Military Units:

Corps of Engineers; US Army

Structures & Establishments:

Engineer wharf (Washington DC)

Sources:

USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Printed label attached to original prints: View of pontoon bridge being built by General Benham’s plan, 1300 feet ready for Artillery in 20 minutes, by 450 men of Engineers Brigade.

Eastern Branch of Potomac.