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Adelaide Avenue Pedestrian Bridge, Adelaide Avenue over New Haven Railroad, Providence, Providence County, RI
Summary
Significance: Erected in 1903, the Adelaide Avenue Pedestrian Bridge is significant for its association with the Gorham Manufacturing Company, a large ornamental metal manufacturer. This former employee footbridge is a relatively early example of a steel girder bridge as well as an unusual surviving example of a railroad footbridge.
Survey number: HAER RI-50
Building/structure dates: 1903 Initial Construction
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Whistler, George W
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Public Archeolgy Laboratory, Incorporated, contractor
Safdie, Joshua, field team
Alfson, Mary, transmitter
Brewster, Robert, photographer
Adams, Virginia H, historian
Kierstead, Matthew A, historian
Location
Riverside, 41.82399, -71.41283
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
