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Title
Trial of "Shad Belly" Bridges
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
Men with a railroad car on a bridge truss, known as a "shad-belly" truss because of its shape. Printed on the side of the railroad car U.S.M.R.R. No. 190. Title on mount: View of Shad Belly Bridge. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 28.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photographic print : albumen ; image 14 x 19.5 cm, mount 23 x 27 cm.
Identifier
photCL 301 (5)
396473
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/263
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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