bridges

[Architectural plan and elevation of a bridge showing piers, arches, a...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: L'architettvra di Leonbatista Alberti / tr. by Cosimo Bartoli. Firenze : Appresso L. Torrentino, 1550. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western... more

Passau. septen trio Coloniæ Ubior cum gratia et priuilegio ; LA monogr...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Passau from the south with the Inn River in the foreground and the Danube River in the background; also shows a man and a woman walking at bottom center with another woman and a... more

[Folding bridge - two views, top extended across moat, bottom folded p...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli. Parigi : 1588. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leona... more

Eygentliche Contrafactur der Statt Sachsenhausen wie dieselbige von de...

Birds-eye view print shows the Alte Brücke [Old Bridge] on the Main River between Frankfurt and Sachsenhausen during battle in August 1635 when imperialist troops captured Sachsenhausen that had been occupied b... more

Die so berühmte und wunderbahre Esseker brukken

Print shows a birdseye view of the new bridge over the confluence of the Danube and Drava rivers near the town of Esseckh in the Hungarian Empire (present day Osijek, Croatia) next to the remaining pylons of th... more

Eigendtlicher Abriss mit angehencktem kurtzem Bericht was bey der gewa...

Print shows battle scene from behind of armies on horseback on attack with smoke and fire rising up from the Suleiman the Magnificent Bridge in Esseckh in the Hungarian Empire (present day Osijek, Croatia) in J... more

Dissegno di Barcan dirimpeto a Strigonia preso et abbrvcciato col pont...

Birds-eye view print shows view of the battlefield near Barcan (Parkany, now Štúrovo, Slovakia) across the River Danube from Strigonia (Esztergom, Hungary) in August 1664. Imperial forces under field marshal Co... more

Eigentliche Abbildung dess Städtleins Esseck in Crabaten, und der berü...

Print shows a birdseye view of the battle of Esseckh (present day Osijek, Croatia) and the rebuilt bridge over the confluence of the Danube and Drava rivers near the town. The bridge after burning down in 1664 ... more

Die von den Barbarischen Frantzosen erbärmlich-zugerichtete und verlas...

Print shows a birds-eye view of Heidelberg, Germany with the bridge over the Neckar River, the castle and the city itself in flames as it is being attacked by French troops in 1689. Also visible are boats in th... more

[A residential compound with fence and outbuildings near grove of tree...

Title devised by Library staff. Chinese script and two chops in upper left corner.

Le Preston. V / A. Canal. f.

Print shows pedestrians on the walkway of the waterfront with the canal on the right and buildings and a bridge on the left. Title from item. Constable, no. 14 Forms part of: George Lothrop Bradley collection (... more

[Mountain landscape with three bridges]

George Lothrop Bradley Collection. Constable, no. 25.

[A man crossing a bridge beneath overhanging trees]

Title devised by Library staff. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Veduta del Ponte e del mausoleo, ...

Illustration shows a view from the river of the Castel Sant'Angelo with the bridge, Ponte Sant'Angelo, on the right, Rome, Italy. Prominent features identified by letter with corresponding key printed below ima... more

A map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia. Containing the whole se...

Scale ca. 1:310,000. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored. "To the Right Honourable George Dunk, Earl of Halifax ... " Includes indexes of propietors of land in South Carolina and Georgia. LC Maps of North Am... more

Ukie naniwa tenmatenjin yomatsuri no zu

Print shows a festival in honor of Sugawara Michizane taking place at night at the Tenman Tenjin shrine in Osaka; many people crossing a high wooden bridge lined with lanterns over a river filled with boats of ... more

Ryōgokubashi no sekisho

Print shows two women on the Ryōgoku Bridge at sunset. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū edo hakkei : Modern vers... more

Jūgo ōshō

Print shows Wang Xiang as a child outdoors with two fish on a frozen river in a snow covered landscape.

Kameido taikobashi

Print shows a man, woman, and a child standing on a bridge looking at fish in the stream below. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format... more

Tarabites or Peruvian rope bridges

Print shows a rope bridge and two transport cables spanning a river canyon; in the foreground and middle distance a person is hauled across the canyon in a hammock suspended from rope cables and a horse, suspen... more

Vue du Chateau de Vincennes sous Charles V Ransonette, graveur ordinai...

In album: "Principles of Perspective". Album not signed; attribution based on inscription inside cover "Indentified as belonging to Charles Bulfinch, & in his handwriting. Ellen L. Bulfinch, Nov. 13, 1894." Fro... more

Vue du Chateau de Vincennes sous Charles V / Ransonette, graveur ordin...

View of the bridge over Mystic River & the contry adjacent from Bunker...

Print shows bird's-eye view from Bunker Hill of the "Malden Bridge" across the Mystic River, with Medford in the background. Title from item. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowled... more

Tōto ryōgokubashi yūsuzumi no zu

Print shows crowded waterfront scene with pedestrians on the promenade, on the Rogoku Bridge, and waiting in stalls, possibly for boats. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... more

Sumidagawa funaasobi

Print showing a bridge crowded with pedestrians over a river jammed with boats. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: One Panel of a... more

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - headed for the shrine]

Drawing shows a few men confronting by the 47 rōnin on the Ryogoku Bridge over the Sumida River during the night on their return after attacking Kira Yoshinaka's home and beheading him.

[Old Bennings Bridge about 1880]

Print showing horse drawn buggy crossing a bridge with utility poles over a river as a man sits in a rowboat on shore. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a cata... more

Thomas Jefferson to Robert Bridges, November 23, 1802

Okazaki

Print shows a procession of warlords across a bridge after a winter snowfall at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road.

Enpo no kihan

Print shows a cluster of thatch-roofed and more substantial buildings in a coastal village, sailboats laden with cargo approaching shore, and a bridge over an inlet.

Seta no sekisho

Print shows clusters of thatched-roof buildings, bridges spanning an inlet, boats in the harbor, during evening in Seta.

Ryōgoku

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Ryōgoku section of Edo (Tokyo) with harbor, boats, and bridge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. ... more

Shin ōyama ukikei

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Koban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Schuylkill Bridge, High Street, Philadelphia

Print shows view of the Schuylkill Bridge with an inset showing the bridge covered. Title from item.

Schuylkill Bridge High Street Philadelphia / [drawn by W. Birch ; engr...

Print shows a view of the Schuylkill Bridge at High Street, Philadelphia, with exposed frame structure prior to being enclosed; insert at bottom center shows a view of the bridge as covered. On the left, a man ... more

Spa[nish] Town bridge

Drawing shows road leading to bridge. Title from item and finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

[View of river with bridge]

Title transcribed from finding aid.

Nihonbashi yori fuji o miru zu

Print shows pedestrians on a high-arched bridge over the Nihonbashi River with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... more

Ipswich. Massachusetts wollen [sic] manufactory & bridge

Title from item. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 277. (DLC/PP-1995:140.277). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress).

Ponts naturels d'Icononzo / dessiné d'après une esquisse de Mr. de Hum...

Illustration showing a natural bridge spanning a deep river gorge in Icononzo, Colombia. Title from item. Illus. in: Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique / Alexander von Humboldt... more

Canals. Bridges - view: fig 42, section fig. 41, plan fig. 40 G. Murra...

Print shows three views of a bridge over a canal, side view, end view, and overhead view. Title from item. Printed on upper right corner: Plate VI. (DLC/PP-2001:068). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection ... more

Kameido tenjin

Print shows a woman sitting on the floor looking at a wall hanging of the bridge at the Kameido Tenjin shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... more

Ryōgokubashi no nōryō

Print shows a throng of men and women standing on or crossing the Ryōgoku Bridge during a festival or celebration. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... more

Draw bridge over Potomac at George Town, D.C. / J.R.S.

Drawing shows the Chain Bridge spanning the Potomac River at Georgetown, Washington, D.C., with a covered wagon on the bridge; also shows men loading a boat with barrels from a loading dock at left center, with... more

The junction of the Sacandaga and Hudson Rivers / painted by W.G. Wall...

Print shows the confluence of the Sacandaga and Hudson rivers with some rapids at the junction; also shows a broad view of the landscape with pasture lands, rolling hills, and buildings near a bridge, with carr... more

Fukagawa mannenbashi shita

Print shows pedestrians crossing a high-arched bridge spanning a river with a fisherman and a boat in the foreground, view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Ni... more

Abattoir at Montmartre Pont au change drawn by A. Pugin ; engraved by ...

Prints show, on the top, slaughterhouses with livestock in the foreground at Montmartre, with men trying to drive the animals toward the buildings; and on the bottom, a bridge, the Pont au Change, spanning the ... more

Fujigawa jōryū secchū

Print shows two boats on the Fuji River in a steep canyon, with bridge spanning the river, in a snow-covered landscape during winter.

Nihonbashi

Print shows porters carrying bundles across the Nihon Bridge on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōk... more

Kōyō saruhashi no zu

Print shows steep cliffs with a bridge spanning the chasm above an inlet, with view of full moon between the cliffs. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... more

The new London bridge, as it appeared on Monday, August 1st, 1831, at ...

Print shows balloon possibly piloted by British balloonist Charles Green ascending over New London Bridge on the occasion of its opening, August 31, 1831, witnessed by William IV, King of Great Britain. (Source... more

Dresden Saml. Prout ; J.T. Willmore

Print shows a view from the right bank of the Elbe River showing the "Augustus Bridge", "Dresden Cathedral", and the "Frauenkirche". Title from item. Published title: City and bridge of Dresden. Stamped on vers... more

Prague Saml. Prout ; J. Le Keux

Print shows a view of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic, with towers at the far end on the right, the statue of Lutgardis on the left, and pedestrians on the bridge, with cityscape of Prague in the b... more

Nihonbashi no hakuu

Print shows pedestrians crossing the Nihon bridge over the Nihonbashi River during a rain storm; view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo... more

Eitaibashi tsukuda oki isaribune

Print shows pedestrians with palanquin crossing bridge with large boats moored in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fr... more

Okazaki

Print shows porters and retainers carrying bundles and a sedan chair across the bridge at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... more

Okazaki

Print shows travelers on a bridge across a river with buildings in the background at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... more

Ryōgokubashi nōryō

Print shows many pedestrians on the Ryōgoku Bridge and several boats in the water beneath the bridge, at evening. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... more

Keishi

Print shows pedestrians and porters walking across the Sanjo Ohashi Bridge spanning a river at the Kyoto station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... more

Fujisawa

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge with a torii in the foreground and view of the rooftops and temple buildings at the Fujisawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled... more

Yoshida

Print shows scaffolding around a temple building on the right and on the left people walking across a bridge spanning a river at the Yoshida station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information ... more

Kakegawa

Print shows elderly people walking across the bridge at the Kakegawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... more

Sesshū ajigawaguchi tenpōsan

Print shows a coastal community with shrine, bridges over inlets, seawalls, and many pilgrims or travelers on the roadways, also boats moored offshore among pilings. Title and other descriptive information comp... more

Nihonbashi [2nd edition]

Print shows travelers and porters crossing the bridge at the Nihonbashi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... more

Kakegawa

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge on a windy day, a kite flies overhead, and workers in a rice paddy in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... more

Fujisawa zu

Print shows a woman standing on a cloud, watching pilgrims near a bridge and a torii at the 7th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... more

Nihonbashi yukibare

Print shows pedestrians crossing bridge over river, boats on the river, during winter, after a snowfall, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-... more

Eitaibashi no zu

Print shows boats in the foreground and pedestrians crossing the Eitai Bridge spanning the river in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialist... more

Shinobazu no ike

Print shows pedestrians on a tree-lined promenade that bisects the Shinobazu Pond, with buidings on stilts along the shoreline. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... more

Shinobazu no ike benten no hokora

Print shows pedestrians on a bridge across Shinobazu Pond leading to the Benten shrine; pine trees along the bridge, buildings on pilings extending into the pond, and buildings of the town in the background. Ti... more

Harlem River bridge, New York. Pile driver

Drawing shows elevations and plan of pile driver for bridge over Harlem River, now known as High Bridge, part of Croton Aqueduct. Title devised by Library staff. Notation on recto: "Croton Aqueduct for Harlem B... more

Ryōgoku hanabi no zu

Print shows pedestrians and onlookers crossing wooden bridge spanning a river and standing on side of roadway, watching fireworks burst overhead, in the night sky; also, many boats on the river.

Harlem River bridge, New York. Pipe chamber on south side of Harlem Ri...

Drawing shows sections of pipe chamber and elevation of gates for bridge over Harlem River, now known as High Bridge, part of Croton Aqueduct. Title devised by Library staff. Notation on recto: "Superseded." Fo... more

Eitai bashi Fukagawa shinchi

Print shows pedestrians crossing large wooden bridge spanning a river or inlet at Fukagawa; also shows large ships in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... more

Nihonbashi yukibare

Print shows pedestrians crossing bridge over river, boats on the river, after a snowfall, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... more

Yoshida

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge, with village and temple buildings in the background, at the Yoshida station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsore... more

Koganeibashi no sekishō

Print shows a bridge across a canal with flowering cherry trees along the banks, a small cluster of low buildings, and a view of Mount Fuji in the background.

Ikegami no banshō

Print shows low buildings in the foreground that may be shops related to the temple, largely obscured by trees, across the bridge and in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... more

Landscape with natural bridge

Print shows travelers resting in the foreground with a low natural bridge formation over what was once a riverbed, in the background. Title devised by Library staff. Stamped in lower left: From the file of Jame... more

Bridge overlooking cluster of buildings

Title devised by Library staff. Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S.... more

[View of Hozu River and Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan]

Ukiyo-e drawing illustration showing a boatman poling his raft past blooming cherry trees as people walk across the Togetsu Bridge. Illus. in: Hiroshige gajō, early 1840s. Title devised by Library staff. Publis... more

High Bridge and high service works and reservoir

Print shows the High Bridge and aqueduct spanning the Harlem River to the pumping station and reservoir. Title from item. Illus. from: Manual of the Corporation for the City of New York. New York : Common Council, 184-.

Vue prise du Pont Neuf à Paris / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Martens, s...

View near the Pont Neuf, including equestrian statue of Henri IV, Paris, France. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 20. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

Schuylkill water works (Philadelphia) W.H. Bartlett ; Dick, sc

Print shows a view of the waterworks on the Schuylkill River with the Wernwag River on the right and a canal lock with a boat in the lower right corner. Title from item. The Library has two impressions; 2nd imp... more

Sketch of a house near a bridge

Title devised by Library staff. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Docum... more

Sumida gawa no tsuki

Print shows a full moon shining on pedestrians crossing a bridge over inlet with boats and buildings nearby, and the Sumida River and mountains in the background. Title and other descriptive information compile... more

Ryōgokubashi no sekisho

Print shows many people on city streets and crossing bridges over bodies of water, with boats, wooden buildings, and the setting sun or full moon in the background. Title and other descriptive information compi... more

The two bridges

As in "Texas Coming In" (no. 1844-28), a bridge over Salt River is the central motif, making the difference between the Whigs' successful crossing to the "Presidential Chair" and the disastrous route taken by t... more

Okazaki

Print shows a wooden bridge from below spanning a river at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road; man on horseback crossing the bridge, boats on the river, and buildings in the near background, mountains in t... more

Georgetown

Etching showing view of bridge in Georgetown. Title from item. On verso: Etching in Morrison's Stranger's Guide, 1862.

S. No. 14. Revision. State of New Jersey. An act relative to bridges i...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 100, Folder 2b.

S.- No. 13. Revision. State of New Jersey. An act relative to toll and...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 100, Folder 2a.

Ejiri

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge during a rain storm at the Ejiri station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... more

Ejiri

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge during a heavy rain storm at the Ejiri station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... more

Matsuchiyama yukibare no zu

Print shows a winter scene with a bridge spanning a canal and boats on a river. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Nishikie, prob... more

Leaflets of memory 1848 lith. & print in colr. by Wagner & McGuigan 11...

Prints show an illuminated contents page for "Illustrations" on the left and on the right the title page for "Leaflets of Memory 1848" showing the natural bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Title from item.... more

Nihonbashi akebono no zu

Print shows porters carrying sedan chairs and pedestrians crossing the Nihon Bridge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: ... more

Der Eingang zur Wiese von der Allée L' Entrée aux Wiese par l' Allée X...

Print shows buildings nestled in Teplá River valley, with the buildings on both banks and a bridge connecting both sides, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Title from item. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print ... more

Elbogen X. Sandmann fec. ; J. Rauh's lith. Kunstanst in Wien

Print shows the Loket Castle at Elbogen (Loket), the St. Wenceslas Church, and a bridge spanning the Ohře River, in Loket, near Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Title from item. Forms part of: Popular graphic art ... more

Cologne. Railway bridge

View from the Rhine River of bridge and cathedral. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 28, upper left.