Jones Landing Va vicinity.

Pontoon bridge over james river. The James River pontoon bridge was the longest ever built by US. Print Size 300 dpi 22 x 21 inches 57 x 53 cm. Dimensions 6750 x 6243 pixels.

This bridge was completed by the 71st Field Company Royal Engineers at 11am on 10 March following a night river crossing by the 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment 88th Field Company Royal Engineers and the 8th Welch Pioneers to secure a bridgehead on the Turkish held side of the river D Company 1st Battalion The Cameronians Scottish Rifles crossing a pontoon bridge over. No need to register buy now. Explore the collection Liszt Collection.

At Wilcoxs landing where the bridge was made the James River was 21oo feet wide almost half a mile and nearly 100 feet deep in the middle. Pontoon bridge over the James River above Ft. The current was strong and rose or fell four feet with the tide.

View of a pontoon bridge over the James River from the north bank 1863. View of pontoon bridge over the James River. Huge collection amazing choice 100 million high quality affordable RF and RM images.

Photograph shows soldiers standing on two pontoon bridges on the James River Richmond Va. Powhatan drawing 1862-1865 by Alfred R Waud 1828-1891 an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches America US. The current was so strong at this point in the river that several schooners were placed midway across the bridge to provide needed support.

Park steamboats ferried the troops and wagons of two corps across the James River on 14-15 June. Union engineers working from both sides of the river put 101 pontoons in place to construct a bridge that spanned some 700 yards. The Miriam and Ira D.