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File Details: AZGIm, 600 DPI, JPEG, Original Photograph, 2.8 Mb

Image ID: AZGI

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1863.02-03

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.

Equipment:

sawhorse

Locations & Lines:

Alexandria VA; Potomac River; Virginia

Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army

Transports:

locomotive; USMRR locomotive Epping

Sources:

Lehigh University

Instead of the photograph described below, the Lehigh University copy of Haupt’s manual mistakenly included this photo as Plate 42. It shows men working on constructing arks near the USMRR wharf in Alexandria. USMRR locomotive “Epping” is at far right.

Haupt, United States Military Railway Department. Construction And Transportation. No. 42. Yard at Alexandria – Construction Corps finishing portable bridge trusses.