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Viaduct on Baltimore and Washington Railroad – Antique Print

Viaduct on Baltimore and Washington Railroad — antique engraving
Viaduct on Baltimore and Washington Railroad. Antique engraving from the Baltimore collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Viaduct on Baltimore and Washington Railroad. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Viaduct on Baltimore and Washington Railroad

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This 1838 steel engraving shows a stone viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Railroad, one of the earliest lines to link two major American cities directly. The route opened in 1835 and ran roughly 40 miles between Baltimore and the national capital. Masonry viaducts like this one carried track over valleys and waterways, and engravers often showed them to demonstrate that the new technology could cross difficult ground. The fine line work of steel engraving captures the arches and surrounding landscape in detail.

Medium1 print : steel engraving.
Notes1838
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,213 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-133738

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