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Rails of the Manassas Gap Railroad, Alexandria Va.
| Content Provider | Getty: Museum Collection |
|---|---|
| Artist | A.J. Russell |
| Temporal Coverage | about January 1865 |
| Description | From an elevated perspective, A. J. Russell made this photograph overlooking the Union Army's plentiful supply of iron rails. Rows of barracks and a train of boxcars fill the background. Between the tall, neatly stacked rails rests a train of flatbed cars loaded with more rails. During the American Civil War, the frequent destruction of railroads required a large supply of replacement rails. According to one report, the Union's. Military Railroad purchased over 21,000 tons of track between 1862 and 1865. |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| Subject Keyword | Getty Museum collections artworks art works art history interpretation of art Getty art collections Getty Getty exhibits Getty Museum exhibits los angeles collections antiquities decorative arts sculpture manuscripts photography paintings drawings visual artwork creative work |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
| Object Type | Photographs |
