Bull Run [rail road] Bridge. [1862-1865 ca.]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0514 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1862-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 21.6 x 30.5 cm Order a Copy
Title taken from inscription on recto. The Orange and Alexandria railroad bridge on the right is of military construction and was constructed using prefabricated segments known as "shad-belly" trusses. A soldier stands on the left bank and another sits on a tree bent out over the water. Three soldiers stand on the opposite side. A two-story block house stands guard on the hill on the right side of the image. Inscription on verso: "Faux."
See GLC 5111.01.0075
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