. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . , i-^H ■: ?>>*.. A CANVAS POXTOOX BOAT ASSEMBLED READY FOB BUSINESS M \K< II. 1864 PATfliOr Pyn. CO. When dismantled, the canvas pontoon boats occupied a sur-prisingly small space. Thus thecapacity of a train for bridge ma-terial of this kind was very muchgreater than for that of thewooden pontoons. The latter,however, gave better and morelasting service. The canvas be-came water-tight if well soakedThese pontoon boats wereknocked down to be trans-ported; the
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . , i-^H ■: ?>>*.. A CANVAS POXTOOX BOAT ASSEMBLED READY FOB BUSINESS M \K< II. 1864 PATfliOr Pyn. CO. When dismantled, the canvas pontoon boats occupied a sur-prisingly small space. Thus thecapacity of a train for bridge ma-terial of this kind was very muchgreater than for that of thewooden pontoons. The latter,however, gave better and morelasting service. The canvas be-came water-tight if well soakedThese pontoon boats wereknocked down to be trans-ported; the canvas was foldedinto a compact bundle andstowed in one of the wagons ofthe train. The parts of eachboat were always kept together,so that they could be assembledat any time. The canvas, all inone piece, was laid out smooth on
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