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Caption: The Swamp Angel in Action
Additional Description: From a wartime photo, this shows the platform with sandbag parapet built to support the "Swamp Angel" in the marshes south of Charleston, SC. Ripley cites engineering records stating 13,000 sandbags were used along with 123 pieces of 15- to 18-inch timbers for the pilings sunk into the marsh and 9,156 feet of 3-inch planking.
(Civil War photographs, 1861-1865, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. Call No. LC-B811- 3601[P&P])
Submitted: December 9, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p11623
File Size: 0.079 Megabytes

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