Exhibits the surface of a pair of barges showing the tracks for loading and unloading cars, also the movable bridges by which the tracks of the floats are connected with those on the wharf
March 1863
- Medium
- Salted paper print
- Dimensions
- 15.2 × 20.1 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-440362
View of the rail transfer bridge at the wharf in Alexandria, Virginia, from a train car transport barge tied to the dock with ropes. The dock features three ramps beneath wooden frames that lead to train tracks. A locomotive engine sits on a set of tracks in the background, as three men stand on the ramps facing the camera, and a fourth man stands on the barge.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- March 1863 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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