Train crash near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, January 14, 1864, artist's impression, detail

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Train crash near Birmingham, Pennsylvania, January 14, 1864, artist's impression, detail

Scanned by

Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/30/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 20, 2014.

Depicted ContentA derailment in Pennsylvania tosses two carriages down an embankment where they burn

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Accident on the Pennsylvania Central Railroad

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, February 6, 1864, p. 92.

Source note

Cropped from the larger image, also available here.

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