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- GLC#
- GLC05111.01.0217-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- circa 1861-1865
- Author/Creator
- Guesner, fl. 1864
- Title
- Pumphouse at Camp Nelson. [1861-1865 ca.]
- Place Written
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Pagination
- 1 photograph Height: 27.3 cm, Width: 34.9 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Image of a large, elevated, multi-story structure. Three people look out a window on the top level. A man stands on a landing near the top. The building is located on the side of a cliff or steep incline. A set of wooden pipes run down the hill. A lift or elevator track runs up the steep hill. Camp Nelson was a recruiting and training station for Federal soldiers during the war.
See GLC 5111.01.0218. Written at Fort Nelson.
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