Train Wreck, Tariffville, Connecticut: Railroad Cars Overturned off of Railroad Bridge into Water
PhotographerPhotographed by
Daniel S. Camp
(American, 1844 - 1878)
PublisherPublished by
Daniel S. Camp
(American, 1844 - 1878)
Date1878
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/16 x 3 1/8in. (7.8 x 7.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/16 x 3 1/8in. (7.8 x 7.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (8.6 x 17.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2013.30.11
DescriptionSeveral shattered railroad cars lie on the banks of a river. One car, at the left, hangs off the end of a damaged railroad bridge. Spectators, mostly men in dark overcoats, stand in the foreground and climb on debris. Additional spectators on the far bank of the river include some women. Leafless trees and evergreen trees are in the background.
NotesSubject Note: On 15 January 1878, a locomotive and several coaches of a Connecticut Western Railroad train plunged from a bridge into the Farmington River in Tariffville, Connecticut. Thirteen people were killed and more than seventy were injured. (Finlay 12/21/2013)Status
Not on view
