Inclined Plane F, Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.
Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions
image: 30.5 × 38.5 cm · matted: 55.9 × 71.1 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
2002.42
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
This engaging industrial scene is from a small, rare group of large-format photographs taken in the eastern United States during the Civil War era. Thomas H. Johnson operated a studio in Scranton, Pennsylvania, from 1861 until at least 1865. He made a series of images documenting the Delaware & Hudson Canal and Gravity Railroad operations—primarily views of the Gravity Railroad's route through northeastern Pennsylvania. For this image, one of only a few the photographer made of inclined tracks, ...