New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera-2005.

Gooseneck Dam on the Maury River, with Train No. 2, Near Buffalo Forge, Virginia

Artist O. Winston Link (American, 1914-2001)

CultureAmerican

Date1956

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 19 1/2 × 15 5/8 in. (49.5 × 39.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 28 9/16 × 24 in. (72.5 × 61 cm)

InscribedSigned and dated by the artist in pencil on the verso of the print. Artist's Studio stamp on the verso of the print.

Credit LineGift of Susan and David Goode

Object number2021.50.21

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print.

Label TextGOOSENECK DAM ON THE MAURY RIVER, WITH TRAIN NO. 2 Near Buffalo Forge, Virginia, 1956 L2004.11.21 Gooseneck Dam, an abandoned electric power dam later swept away by a flood, was a few miles north of Buffalo Forge, Virginia, on the N&W's Shenandoah Division. This photograph, unquestionably the most complicated and difficult of all of Winston Link's photographs made on the N&W, could have been created only in the spring of the year, when the river was up and the trees along the right of way on the opposite bank had not leafed out. Here is Winston Link's description of this photograph: It required six full days to set up and complete. To get the flash units across the river we had to cross on a two-wire span, one for your feet and the higher one for your hands, as there were no boats or bridges nearby. The uptilted strata with water rushing between the plates of rock in the set-up area was so confusing at night that we set up guide ropes to get to the light stands and cameras. It was a great challenge, and a satisfaction to see the negative of the first exposure, without any test, was as we had calculated it to be. Edited By: DS Approved By: MHM Approval Date: 07/25/2005Exhibition History"Norfolk and Western Railway Photographs by O. Winston Link," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., July 1 - December 31, 2005. "Norfolk and Western Railroad Photographs by O. Winston Link," Kaufman Theatre Lobby, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA., March 4, 2009 - October 18, 2009.