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Photograph of the town and railroad bridge at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

Photograph of the town and railroad bridge at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

The photographer is facing south from the Maryland shore of the Potomac River, with the Shenandoah River flowing in from the left. Compare to the this scene of the bridge in ruins.

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Civil War Photographs, LC-B8171-7187