[Detail of railroad track showing wedge by which the longitudinal timber for carrying the iron rail was held in position on a crosstie] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Detail of railroad track showing wedge by which the longitudinal timber for carrying the iron rail was held in position on a crosstie], 1944 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3c/3c5888842df9-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.)
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A window into the past: [Detail of railroad track showing wedge by which the longitudinal timber for carrying the iron rail was held in position on a crosstie], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Detail of railroad track showing wedge by which the longitudinal timber for carrying the iron rail was held in position on a crosstie]
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Rather than a full section of track, this photograph isolates the wooden wedge that once held a longitudinal timber, or stringer, in place on a crosstie, the part that supported the iron rail. The picture was taken at Warrenville, South Carolina, in 1944 by Camera-Graphs of Augusta, Georgia, and its subject headings tie it to archaeology as well as railroading. Early American lines often laid iron strap rails on timber stringers like these before heavier T-rails became standard, so the detail records a construction method that had largely disappeared by the mid-twentieth century.
| Created / published | 1944 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Photo by Camera-Graphs, Augusta, Ga. |
| Subjects | Railroad tracks--South Carolina--Warrenville--1940-1950. Archaeology--South Carolina--Warrenville--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,153 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-165929 |
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