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4339 - Dutch Gap Canal, Virginia. (Drewry's Bluff, James River) A giant sling-cart to carry siege guns

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4339 - Dutch Gap Canal, Virginia. (Drewry's Bluff, James River) A giant sling-cart to carry siege guns›

Publication:
US, Civil War Photos, 1860-1865
Image Number:
4339
Title:
Dutch Gap Canal, Virginia. (Drewry's Bluff, James River) A giant sling-cart to carry siege guns
Call Number:
LC-B815- 1029[P&P]
Medium:
1 negative : glass, stereograph, wet collodion.
Published Date:
[between 1862 and 1869]
Notes:
Title from Civil War caption books. Confederate Sling_Cart to carry siege guns. Designed to handle the two 12-inch guns that were cast at the Tredegar Iron works in Richmond. The wheels are more than eleven feet high. Cart required twelve mules and 150 men
Card Number:
cwp2003005782/PP
Conflict Period:
US Civil War
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Publication Title
US, Civil War Photos, 1860-1865
Total Records
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Published on Fold3
August 20, 2012
Last Updated
August 20, 2012

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