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DescriptionFirefly train.JPG
English: The steam engine "Firefly" on a trestle of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. This view by Russell documents stability testing of a new wooden trestle bridge built quickly by the United States Military Railroad engineers to replace a masonry bridge destroyed by the Confederates. Atop the box car trailing the engine is a pair of armed sentries; others are on the rail tracks and bridge foundation. The top-hatted figure in the foreground is unidentified, but he may be the photographer himself or a civilian railroad engineer working for General Herman Haupt, commander of the United States Military Railroad.
Русский: Паровоз "Firefly" ("Огненный полёт") на эстакаде Оранжевой Александрийской железной дороги в США.
Andrew Joseph Russell; A. J. Russell; Capt. A. J. Russel
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American photographer
Date of birth/death
20 March 1829
22 September 1902
Location of birth/death
Walpole
Brooklyn
Work period
1862-1902
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: Q4757433
VIAF: 6078648
ISNI: 000000002348204X
ULAN: 500028827
LCCN: n81119716
GND: 131887270
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creator QS:P170,Q4757433
Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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