Construction DetailsAs a result, we have the first detailed photographs of contrivances like locomotives and bridges. |
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Locomotives at Nashville, Tennessee Locomotives of the US Military Railroad waiting to depart the bustling depot in Nashville, which has just been captured. | |||||||||
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Rail Repair Crew Crew repairing track after a battle in Tennessee. | |||||||||
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Georgetown, Outside Washington The farm at far left stands near the present site of Georgetown University. What looks like a bridge (approximately where the Key Bridge is today) is actually an aqueduct. This is a shallow trough of water which allows canal barges to cross the river, above river level. It connects the Alexandria Canal (on the Virginia side) with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (on the Georgetown side). | |||||||||
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Ferry Across the Potomac River A ferry crossing the Potomac River at Georgetown, being hauled by a cable. What looks like a bridge in the background is actually the canal aqueduct discussed in the previous photo. | |||||||||
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Military Bridges Permanent bridges are constructed completely of wooden beams (left). Portable bridges have to travel with the army, so they're just a string of pontoon boats with a wooden deck stretched across the top (right). | |||||||||