Plates to Illustrate The Bridge Equipage of the U. S. Army, with directions for the Construction of Military Bridges. Prepared by a Board of Engineer Officers. 1869.

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• PUBLISHER: Gen. Orders, No. 6. Headquarters Corps of Engineers, Washington, D. C., Nov. 15, 1869. A. A. Humpherys, Brig. Gen and Chief of Engineers.

• MEDIUM: Lithographs & typeset.

  DATE: 1869

• EDITION SIZE: Folio, 23 3/8 x 17 3/8" (59.3 x 44.3 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: Oblong bound volume. Plates printed by J. Bien; drawn on stone by B.R. Green. Title page with eighteen illustrated plates. Legend: I. Trestle. II. Ponton, Reserve Train. III. Ponton Carriage, Reserve Train. IV. Details of Ponton Carriage. V. Details of Ponton Carriage. VI. Chess Wagon, and Ponton Wagon Loaded with Trestle. VII. Details of Chess Wagon. VII. Ponton, Advance-Guard Train. IX. Load of Ponton and Trestle Wagon, Advance-Guard Train. X. Tool Wagon. XI. Construction of Ponton Bridges. XII. The Abutment Bay, Extended Intervals, Ponton Lashings. XIII. Trestle Bridges. XIV. Flying Bridges, Trail Bridges, Rope Ferry. XV. Loading Ponton Carriage, Timber and Cask Rafts, Prairie Raft. XVI. Pile Bridges. XVII. Chattanooga Flying Bridge. XVIII. Railroad Trestle Bridges.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Bound with cloth boards & green leather binding. Corners are finished with green leather.

• CONDITION: Fair to good condition. Leather on binding and corners has many rubs and missing surface color in many places. The first three pages have paper folds with the first two having tears in paper - third page is title page. Minor occasional foxing in many of the plates.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Historical , Military