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Troubled Waters: 1864
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 01/08/2015 - 4:50pm.
1864. "Civil War R.R. operations, bridges and equipment -- Railway Bridge across Platt Creek (vicinity of Knoxville, Tenn.)" Wet plate negative. View full size.
Old School Virtual Reality
Submitted by J W Wright on Fri, 01/09/2015 - 1:47pm.
Half of a stereo pair, click for bigger, in a new tab:
Replacement bridges
Submitted by Tim David on Fri, 01/09/2015 - 5:00am.
I would assume from the contract between the substantial stone piers and the makeshift decks, that these are the replacements after the bridge burnings
Risky Business
Submitted by Mack W on Thu, 01/08/2015 - 6:11pm.
Check out the temporary nature of the rail bridge. I don't think I would take a train over this at anything above a "creep". Pretty sketchy.
East Tennessee Bridge Burning Conspiracy
Submitted by MaltedFalcon on Thu, 01/08/2015 - 5:10pm.
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