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Title
Construction wharf, rubbish yard
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
Arks in process of construction; one is seen on the launching ways nearly finished. Sawhorses and piles of lumber in the foreground, a few houses on the hill behind the construction site. Title on mount: Construction Wharf Rubbish yard. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 52.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photographic print : albumen ; image 15 x 19.5 cm, mount 23 x 27 cm.
Identifier
photCL 301 (6)
396474
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/260
Subject
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation
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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