. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . t. LlfTING THE 59,000-POUND ENGINE VIBBARD FROM THE DRAW OF LONG BRIDGE This scene of March, 1864, suggests some of the difficulties which confronted tlie superintendent of military railroads during the Bridge, from the railroad-mans viewpoint, was not a very substantial structure. J. J. Moore, chief engineer and general superin-tendent of military railroads of Virginia, reported to Brigadier-General D. C. McCallum, under the date of JiJy 1, 1865, that he ex-perienced great difficulty in keeping it secure for the passage o
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . t. LlfTING THE 59,000-POUND ENGINE VIBBARD FROM THE DRAW OF LONG BRIDGE This scene of March, 1864, suggests some of the difficulties which confronted tlie superintendent of military railroads during the Bridge, from the railroad-mans viewpoint, was not a very substantial structure. J. J. Moore, chief engineer and general superin-tendent of military railroads of Virginia, reported to Brigadier-General D. C. McCallum, under the date of JiJy 1, 1865, that he ex-perienced great difficulty in keeping it secure for the passage of trains. On .August 22, ISe-t, the draw at the south end of the bridgewas nearly destroyed by a tug, with a schooner in tow, running into it, and February 18, 1865, an engine broke through the southspan of the bridge, the entire span being wrecked. The rescue of the Vibbard, which weighed 59,000 pounds and cost $11,845, wasapparently effectual; the same report states that it ran 5,709 miles at a total cost of $4, in the fiscal year ending June, 1805. ili
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