Visual Materials

Steel hooks and rail twisted by their use

Description: Steel hooks and piece of rail twisted by their use. A Union solider points to destroyed track as a man in suit holds steel hooks which are shaped like horse shoes. Steam locomotive engine stands in the background of photo. Title on mount: Rail Twisters. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 1.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1863
Call number: photCL 301 (12)
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