Train Wreck, Tariffville, Connecticut: Locomotive
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 1/8 x 3 1/16in. (7.9 x 7.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/8 x 3 1/16in. (7.9 x 7.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (8.6 x 17.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Miss Mary A. Rees
Object number1967.21.21
DescriptionA locomotive is lying upsidedown with its wheels in the air after an accident. Portions of a railroad trestle are visible at left and right. Bystanders, chiefly men wearing dark overcoats stand on the bridge, the train, and on the ground. A fast-flowing river runs over rocks in the foreground.
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
