Title

Richmond, Virginia: ruins of the railway bridge, 1865. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Richmond, Virginia: ruins of the railway bridge, 1865. 'The scenes of havoc and ruin in the city of Richmond after the great conflagration which ensued upon the retirement of the Confederate army and Government, in the first week of April, have already been made the subjects of some of our Illustrations...[Engraving] of the ruins of the buildings of the Richmond and Petersburg Railway, which here crosses the James River by a bridge...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM24A26_211

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

9,0Mb (730,8Kb) / 6,3in x 5,6in / 1884 x 1672 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation river destruction railways arts art bridge bridges British geography railway color Virginia structure damage damaged ruins ruin war century Richmond Britain newspapers press print concept ruined B&W engraved engraving railway bridge United States of America Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black James River American Civil War nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century railroad bridge