O. Winston Link
(Brooklyn, New York, 1914 - 2001, South Salem, New York)
Train of Empty Coal Hopper Cars on Bridge 854, West of Cooper Tunnel, Cooper, West Virginia
July 1955 (printed later)
Gelatin silver print
15 1/2 x 19 3/8 in. (39.4 x 49.3 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Gift of Thomas H. Garver
2009.47
© Attributed to the O. Winston Link Museum & Winston Conway Link
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With his camera set up at the crossing of the Bluestone River, Link documented trains returning to the mines for more coal. The bridge and the train overwhelm the small country church below. Link, ever the civil engineer, wrote: “Look at the bridge. Look at its strength. It’s no problem for that bridge to carry all that weight. It’s just a beautiful sight.”
Keywords
PhotographyTrains
United States
Black and White
Gelatin Silver
Bridge