Petersburg Virginia (vicinity). South Side Railroad trestle (west of Petersburg) ac – Historic Print
(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: Petersburg Virginia (vicinity). South Side Railroad trestle (west of Petersburg) ac, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Petersburg Virginia (vicinity). South Side Railroad trestle (west of Petersburg) ac
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The trestle carried the South Side Railroad across Indian Town Creek just west of Petersburg, Virginia, a line that linked the city to Lynchburg and the interior. Photographer David B. Woodbury made this view in 1865, when the rail corridors around Petersburg had been fought over through the long siege and were central to the supply of Confederate forces defending the city. The image survives as a stereograph pair on two wet collodion glass plates, so the two halves were meant to be viewed together for a three-dimensional effect. Woodbury died in 1866, and his wartime views record how the region's transportation network looked at the war's end.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: South Side R.R. Trestle across Indian Town Creek (West of Petersburg Va.) 1865. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 5,074 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50470 |
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