Alexandria 18th century at Point Lumley at South End of Crescent BayThe Alexandria harbor, when the waterfront was still cove-shaped and the homes along Fairfax St. were 25 to 30 feet above the sandy beach (at today's Lee Street) and Potomac River.
Two locomotives pulling into the Union Mills Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in Clifton, Virginia. Two soldiers stand guard on the bank at right.1862