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Pontoon bridge across james river. Photograph shows soldiers standing on two pontoon bridges on the James River Richmond Va. Civil war photographs 1861-1865 Library of. Photograph shows soldiers and civilians at pontoon bridge on the James River Virginia with sailing ships in the background during.

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Get premium high resolution news photos at Getty Images. 450 Union engineers began construction of the bridge across 101 heavy pontoon boats anchored by 3 large schooners in mid river. Three miles downstream at Weyanoke Point Union engineers built a 700-yard-long pontoon bridge in seven hours on 14 June.

Pontoon bridge opened for steamers 1 photographic print on stereo card. Caption from negative sleeve. A group of men have moved the pontoon boats holding up the bridge out of the way to create an opening which will allow steamers to pass through.

Jan 1 2013 - Original Caption. Artist William Frank Browne. Pontoon bridge across James River Va.

And which was used by Gen. SubstPlease link imagesFilePonton Bridge across the James River Virginia 1864jpg File history Click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time. 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.