Train wreck on the Providence Worcester Railroad near Pawtucket, Rhode Island, photograph by L. Wright, 12 August 1853.
The early type of photograph, known as a daguerreotype, here shows the aftermath of a head-on collision of two trains that were sharing the same rail line and collided with each other due to one of the conductors' watches running behind and him unfortunately thinking there was enough time to pass safely.
George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY.
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