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A. J. Russell, [Destroying a truss bridge]
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A. J. Russell

[Destroying a truss bridge]

July 1863

Current Collection

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

Medium
Salted paper print
Dimensions
19.3 × 14.7 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-842617

View down a set of railroad tracks that run through a truss bridge. A man stands on the right side using an auger to bore a hole in one of the bridge trusses as a second man sits near him with two explosive charges, or "torpedoes" in his hands. A train car sits on the tracks at the far end of the bridge.

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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