Image ID: AZGK

Credit:	by Russell (Andrew J.)
Date:	1863.03-04
Negative Size:	6.5 in. x 8.5 in.
Equipment:	auger
Locations & Lines:	Alexandria VA; Virginia
Military Units:	US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army
Transports:	blanket boat
Sources:	Lehigh University

Haupt, United States Military Railway Department. Construction And Transportation. No. 69.

Haupt, Photographs Illustrative of Operations In Construction And Transportation, As Used To Facilitate The Movements Of The Armies Of The Rappahannock, Of Virginia, And Of The Potomac, Including Experiments Made To Determine The Most Practical and Expeditious Modes To Be Resorted To In The Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction Of Roads And Bridges. No. 69–For portability, the auger is made very short, not more than five inches in length. It has no permanent handle, but the shank is flattened and bent into a ring, through which a round stick is passed. A brass tube is slipped on the auger, which leaves an inch and a quarter of the lower end exposed, and gauges accurately the depth of the hole. A cap fits on the end, and prevents it from doing or receiving injury in the pocket. This convenient and portable little instrument is represented in No. 69.

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