Showing posts with label railroad bridge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label railroad bridge. Show all posts

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Union Soldiers of the Boston Light Artillery Posing With Their Guns in a Fortified Battery Overlooking the Thomas Viaduct in Elkridge, Maryland (1861)


Union soldiers of the Boston Light Artillery posing with their guns in a fortified battery overlooking the Thomas Viaduct in Elkridge, Maryland, 1861. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ran across the viaduct which was part of the only railroad connection into Washington, D.C., during the Civil War.

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Monday, November 17, 2014

Two Men Standing at the Entrance to a Railroad Bridge Near Williamsport, Pennsylvania (1854)



Two men standing at the entrance to a railroad bridge of the Elmira and Williamsport Railroad near Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1854. By the Langenheim Brothers. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Photographs of Spectators Viewing a Derailed Train in Bangor, Maine (1871)





The interior of one of the train cars.


Photographs of spectators viewing the wreckage of a derailed train in Bangor, Maine, 1871. By A. K. Dole. Animated stereoview.

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Distant Glimpse of the Second Battle of Fredericksburg in Progress (1863)


Three men in a tree on Stafford Heights watching distant fighting on Marye’s Heights during the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, 1863. Smoke from the battle is possibly visible in the distance which would make it one of the earliest combat photographs of a land battle. The destroyed railroad bridge over the Rappahannock River is in the middle ground of the photo.

Photograph is from the National Park Service via the Western Reserve Historical Society, which seems to have a large collection of previously unpublished American Civil War photographs. The photograph was discovered by Bob Zeller, the president of the Center for Civil War Photography.

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