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The Tunnel, Alexandria

Description: A train tunnel in Alexandria, Virginia. There are six people in the foreground, half are women. Two more people stand on the bridge over the tracks and on the right-hand side in front of a two story white wooden house are possibly seven more people. A steam engine with the words, [U.]S.M.R.R. : SENATOR, is just about to pass under the bridge into the tunnel. Title on mount: The Tunnel Alex. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 41.
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Date: 1863
Call number: photCL 301 (25)
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Tunnel, C&O canal, Alexandria & Washington RR

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View of Alexandria & Washington Railroad with brick tunnel bridges. Several men mill around the tunnels with six men resting under a tree in far right corner of foreground. Title on mount: Tunnel - C & D Canals, Al & Washington RR. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 24.

photCL 301 (35)

Alexandria wharf

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Daily activity on wharf in Alexandria, Virginia, including horses, horse-drawn wagons, men working and one woman in a white dress observing activity. There are a few ships docked and three are sailing down the river. Title on mount: Alex Wharf. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 27.

photCL 301 (1)

Construction wharf, Alexandria, the Runways

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Two men stand under scaffolding on the edge of Wharf at Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. Military Railroad Department. Two ships sail by in the background. This image similar to photCL 301 (39). Title on mount: Construction Wharf Alex, The Runways. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 37.

photCL 301 (38)

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Machine shop, Alexandria, Va

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Bird's eye view of machine shops, with east yard of Orange & Alexandria Railroad. Photograph shows a railroad yard of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad in Alexandria, Virginia. Photograph taken from the top of the roundhouse. Smoke can be seen coming out of a chimney on the roof of shop. This image similar to photCL 301 (88) & (89). Title on mount: Machine shop Alex Va. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 15.

photCL 301 (90)

Upper coal wharf, Alexandria, Virginia

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Activity at the Upper Coal Wharf in Alexandria, Virginia. Photograph includes three white pitched tents, several horse-less two wheeled wagons and a paddle steamer with the name South America sits in the Potomac River. Title on mount: Upper Coal Wharf Alex. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 31.

photCL 301 (10)

Framing shed, Alexandria Construction Corps

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Several men working in the framing shed at the Alexandria shipping yard. Title on mount: Framing shed Alex. Construction Corps. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 53.

photCL 301 (7)

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