![A. J. Russell, [Boring holes in a bridge truss for explosives]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/1abee2be-1e00-415d-bc0d-de1a977bf1c7/full/!1400,/0/default.jpg)
[Boring holes in a bridge truss for explosives]
July 1863
- Medium
- Salted paper print
- Dimensions
- 19.7 × 14.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-838221
View of three men perched on a railroad bridge truss. Two of the men use augers to bore holes in the wooden beams, as the third man sits holding a "bridge torpedo", or explosive charge, in his hands.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- July 1863 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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