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Title
"Yuba Dam" wharf , Aquia Creek
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
The tops of steam locomotives standing next to the Yuba Dam wharf on the Aquia Creek in Northern Virginia. Two ships are docked, the small one is flying the Stars & Stripes flag, and there are a few men standing on the wharf between locomotives and ships. Title on mount: "Yuba Dam" Wharf Aquia Creek. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 7.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photographic print : albumen ; image 14.5 x 20 cm, mount 23 x 27 cm.
Identifier
photCL 301 (11)
396479
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/268
Subject
Piers & wharves--Virginia--1860-1870. (lctgm)
Potomac River--1860-1870
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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