Dutch Gap Virginia. View of Dutch Gap canal – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Dutch Gap Virginia. View of Dutch Gap canal comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Dutch Gap Virginia. View of Dutch Gap canal
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Dug across the neck of a sharp bend in the James River near Richmond, the Dutch Gap canal was meant to let Union ships bypass Confederate guns at Drewry's Bluff. This stereograph pair, made in November 1864 as the cut was being excavated, shows the raw trench while work was still underway. Because the two glass plates were recorded as left and right halves, the scene can be viewed in three dimensions. The negative was once credited to Alexander Gardner, though the attribution has since been revised.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Dutch Gap Canal Showing its appearance while being dug Nov. 1864. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,114 × 5,120 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-48390 |
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