Bridge on Orange & Alexandria [Virginia] Railroad, as repaired by army engineers under Colonel Herman Haupt – Antique Wall Art
![Bridge on Orange & Alexandria [Virginia] Railroad, as repaired by army engineers under Colonel Herman Haupt, [1865, printed later] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2a/2a68ac7433e8-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Bridge on Orange & Alexandria [Virginia] Railroad, as repaired by army engineers under Colonel Herman Haupt, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Bridge on Orange & Alexandria [Virginia] Railroad, as repaired by army engineers under Colonel Herman Haupt
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The bridge in this view crossed the Orange & Alexandria Railroad in Virginia, a line that changed hands several times during the Civil War and was repeatedly damaged and rebuilt. Army engineers under Colonel Herman Haupt, a railroad man brought in to keep military supply lines running, repaired the structure, and the photograph shows it as it stood after that work. Wartime bridge building relied on fast, practical timber construction, which is part of what makes the scene worth a closer look. The print dates to 1865 but was made later, from the Library of Congress Civil War photograph collection.
| Created / published | [1865, printed later] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1860-1910. |
| Notes | Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. |
| Subjects | Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company--1860-1870. Railroad locomotives--Virginia--1860-1870. Railroad bridges--Virginia--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,453 × 1,172 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218454 |
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