This plaque, bearing a design showing a plow, anchor and steam hammer, symbolizing the agriculture, commerce and manufacturing of the east, is being disposed of as scrap to aid the war effort. The Union Pacific Railroad has notified the Industrial Salvage Section of the War Production Board (WPB) Bureau of Industrial Conservation. It was erected on the road's Missouri River Bridge in 1888. The weight of the plaque is estimated at 1000 pounds of bronze and steel, including frame supports. It is five feet high, six feet wide and four inches thick