Box PHOTO0020.01
Container
Contains 61 Results:
Colorado River Bridge and Pecos River Bridge, 1892-1945
File — Box: PHOTO0020.01, Folder: 07
Identifier: SC Photo 0020.01.07
Scope and Contents
This folder contains three photos of railroad trestle bridges: Colorado River Bridge and Pecos River Bridge.
Dates:
1892-1945
166 Gen. View Col(orado) Riv(er) Br(idge), 1944
Item — Box: PHOTO0020.01, Folder: 07, Item: 01
Identifier: SC Photo 0020.01.07.01
Scope and Contents
166 Gen. View Col(orado) Riv(er) Br(idge) Looking N.E. 3-29-09 (10 x 12.5 cm albumen photo mounted in a carte-de-visite style format 13.5 x 16 cm heavy card stock with dark brown .5 cm printed frame around photo. Title is printed at bottom of photo in a brown strip. The photo shows a sweeping curve wooden trestle constructed on dry soil from foreground to middle of photo where there is a deck truss system leading into a through truss bridge crossing shallow river with hills in background....
Dates:
1944
111. Pecos – Highest Bridge in N. A. – Ht. 321 ft., 1892
Item — Box: PHOTO0020.01, Folder: 07, Item: 02
Identifier: SC Photo 0020.01.07.02
Scope and Contents
111. Pecos – Highest Bridge in N. A. – Ht. 321 ft. (The Pecos High Bridge/Viaduct was built in 1892 for the Southern Pacific Rail-Road. It shortened the route through West Texas. Its span was erected by the Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, PA. At the time, postcards of the bridge expressd the classic: “Having a good time, wish you were here.” This particular photo of a steam locomotive pulling a six car train is Image 37 in the Electronic Book version of the history of this...
Dates:
1892
Modern reproduction of previous photo
Item — Box: PHOTO0020.01, Folder: 07, Item: 03
Identifier: SC Photo 0020.01.07.03
Scope and Contents
(Modern reproduction of previous photo. On back is printed: This paper manufactured by Kodak.)
Dates:
1892-1945
Five black and white photographs 8.5 x 11.25 cm of collapse of the Honeymoon Bridge in Niagara Falls, 1938-01
File — Box: PHOTO0020.01, Folder: 08
Identifier: SC Photo 0020.01.08
Scope and Contents
(Five black and white photographs 8.5 x 11.25 cm of collapse of the Honeymoon Bridge in Niagara Falls, January 1938. The Honeymoon bridge also known as the Upper Steel Arch Bridge crossed the Niagara River below the Falls. It was built in 1899. On January 23, 1938, a sudden wind storm on Lake Erie sent a deluge of ice down river over the Falls. The river became jammed with ice and the enormous proportions pushed the ice against the bridge abutments and hinge supports caused severe...
Dates:
1938-01
Group of people climbing on the pathways along the river
Item — Box: PHOTO0020.01, Folder: 08, Item: 01
Identifier: SC Photo 0020.01.08.01
Scope and Contents
(Group of people climbing on the pathways along the river. The collapsed bridge in the ice is in the background.)
Dates:
1938-01
Landscape of ice covered river and part of bridge visible in distance
Item — Box: PHOTO0020.01, Folder: 08, Item: 02
Identifier: SC Photo 0020.01.08.02
Scope and Contents
(Landscape of ice covered river and part of bridge visible in distance. Group of people and smoke stack on right of photo.)
Dates:
1938-01
Closer view of bridge from high vantage point
Item — Box: PHOTO0020.01, Folder: 08, Item: 03
Identifier: SC Photo 0020.01.08.03
Scope and Contents
(Closer view of bridge from high vantage point)
Dates:
1938-01
Close view of a span arched over the icy river
Item — Box: PHOTO0020.01, Folder: 08, Item: 04
Identifier: SC Photo 0020.01.08.04
Scope and Contents
(Close view of a span arched over the icy river)
Dates:
1938-01
Close up view of the two sections of the span viewed through trees
Item — Box: PHOTO0020.01, Folder: 08, Item: 05
Identifier: SC Photo 0020.01.08.05
Scope and Contents
(Close up view of the two sections of the span viewed through trees. Similar to 0020.08.04)
Dates:
1938-01