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Title
Potomac Creek Bridge
Creator
Russell, Andrew J., photographer
Contributor
Clough, J. B. (Joel Barber), 1823-1881. (collector)
Date Created and/or Issued
1863
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
United States Civil War
Rights Information
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Description
Potomac Creek Bridge, Aquia Creek & Fredericksburgh [sic] Railroad, April 18,1863. Photograph showing several men at the construction site of the Potomac Creek Bridge.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photographic print : albumen ; image 29 x 40.5 cm, mount 33 x 44.5 cm.
Identifier
photCL 301 (94)
396554
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/351
Subject
Railroad bridges--Virginia--Potomac Creek site--1860-1870. (lctgm)
Truss bridges--Virginia--1860-1870. (lctgm)
Railroad bridges--Virginia--1860-1870. (lctgm)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation
Bridge construction--Virginia--1860-1870. (lctgm)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Engineering and construction
Albumen prints--1860-1870. (gmgpc)
Source
Joel B. Clough Collection of United States Military Railroad Photographs by Andrew J. Russell.
United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Gift of Frank Clough, Capt. Clough's grandson, July 25, 1975.

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