Richmond, Va. Ruins of Richmond & Danville Railroad bridge; the city beyond

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Coordinates 37.532224, -77.434046

Direction 234° (W)

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Source:: Library of Congress
Collection:: Civil War
Date:: [1865] April.
Region:: Richmond, Virginia
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Description:: 1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subjects: stereographs, united states, transportation, wet collodion negatives, civil war, richmond (va.), bridges, history, virginia, richmond Locations: virginia, richmond, united states Notes: Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0470 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Two plates form left (LC-B811-0869B) and right (LC-B811-0869A) halves of a stereograph pair. File print in LOT 4162-E. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.cwp Forms part of: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress). Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865.
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By:: John Pole
Date:: Aug 7, 2026
Total:: 1 submission
Confidence:: Medium
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Notes:: Given no buildings or ruins visible in the distance, I think this is looking south. Bridge matches location from 1858 I.H. Adams map.

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Aug 7, 2026 11:07 AM

37.532224, -77.434046

234°

Medium Confidence

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Given no buildings or ruins visible in the distance, I think this is looking south. Bridge matches location from 1858 I.H. Adams map.