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Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portla...

Significance: The New Portland (Wire) Bridge is the only early American suspension bridge that remains basically unaltered, aside from John A. Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct. It is also the only extant example of... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Abraham Lincoln to Erastus Corning and Others, [June] 1863 (Draft of ...

Boston Public Garden, Suspension Bridge, Boston Public Garden, Boston,...

Survey number: HAER MA-76 Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chow Chow Suspension Bridge, Spanning Quinault River, Taholah, Grays H...

Significance: The Chow Chow Suspension Bridge was constructed by Native Americans living on the Quinault Indian Reservation about 1950. It consists of four timber king post trusses that are suspended from stee... More

Mackinac Straights Suspension Bridge, Spanning Straight of Mackinac, M...

Survey number: HAER MI-329 Public domain photograph of port, ship docks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rock Church Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River, Tolar, Hood Coun...

Significance: One of the remaining vernacular suspension bridges in Texas, the Rock Church bridge is an example of a combination cable and stayed truss, an obsolete engineering design. Unprocessed Field note m... More

James River Suspension Bridge, Spanning James River, Route 11, Buchana...

Survey number: HAER VA-17 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Regency Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at County Route 126...

Significance: Spanning 340'-0" tower to tower, the Regency Suspension Bridge is one of five remaining suspension bridges in Texas. The bridge was built with mostly hand labor by area residents. Its 3 1/4"-dia... More

Regency Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at County Route 126...

Significance: Spanning 340'-0" tower to tower, the Regency Suspension Bridge is one of five remaining suspension bridges in Texas. The bridge was built with mostly hand labor by area residents. Its 3 1/4"-dia... More

Regency Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at County Route 126...

Significance: Spanning 340'-0" tower to tower, the Regency Suspension Bridge is one of five remaining suspension bridges in Texas. The bridge was built with mostly hand labor by area residents. Its 3 1/4"-dia... More

Regency Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at County Route 126...

Significance: Spanning 340'-0" tower to tower, the Regency Suspension Bridge is one of five remaining suspension bridges in Texas. The bridge was built with mostly hand labor by area residents. Its 3 1/4"-dia... More

The great East River suspension bridge--Connecting the cities of New Y...

View of Brooklyn Bridge with many sailing craft, including a large paddle-wheeled steamer. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2809 Publish... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River at County Route 14...

Significance: The Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge is the oldest surviving cable-stayed suspension bridge in Texas and may also be the oldest in the United States. One of seven Texas suspension bridges surviving f... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Freight reduced. New York and Erie R. R. company's fast freight line f...

Transportation. Page Order: Leaflet 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 122, Folder 12.

Tower Suspension Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River at Yellowstone Riv...

Survey number: HAER WY-8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The great East River suspension bridge: connecting the cities of New Y...

14378 U.S. Copyright Office. Artist: Charles R. Parsons & Lyman W. Atwater. Conningham no. 2140. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2817 P... More

Experimental suspension trusses of boards. Loading the board suspensio...

No. 15 (handwritten) and 2516 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River, Grand Canyon,...

Significance: This is the site of the first bridge crossing of the Colorado River within the Grand Canyon National Park. It comprises an excellent example of an early 20th century suspension bridge designed fo... More

Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River, Grand Canyon,...

Significance: This is the site of the first bridge crossing of the Colorado River within the Grand Canyon National Park. It comprises an excellent example of an early 20th century suspension bridge designed fo... More

Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River, Grand Canyon,...

Significance: This is the site of the first bridge crossing of the Colorado River within the Grand Canyon National Park. It comprises an excellent example of an early 20th century suspension bridge designed fo... More

Champion's double lever bridge. The engravings annexed, are illustrati...

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 201, Folder 13a.

The wonderful East-River suspension bridge connecting the great cities...

Print showing view of the suspension bridge from docks at the Brooklyn side; includes views of three "Points of interest in New York City." Copyright 1883, by Charles Lubrecht.

[Clifton suspension bridge from the north east cliffs, Bristol, Englan...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10903". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

Panama Canal. Dismantling Empire suspension bridge

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Temporary British suspension bridge over Jordan River]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Niagara Falls suspension bridge. First opened: Aug. 1st. 1848

223 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott & Company

Cincinnati and Covington suspension bridge, taken from the Covington s...

Stereograph showing Cincinnati and Covington Bridge suspension tower and cables. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions ... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portla...

Significance: The New Portland (Wire) Bridge is the only early American suspension bridge that remains basically unaltered, aside from John A. Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct. It is also the only extant example of... More

New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portla...

Significance: The New Portland (Wire) Bridge is the only early American suspension bridge that remains basically unaltered, aside from John A. Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct. It is also the only extant example of... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Boston Public Garden, Suspension Bridge, Boston Public Garden, Boston,...

Survey number: HAER MA-76 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chow Chow Suspension Bridge, Spanning Quinault River, Taholah, Grays H...

Significance: The Chow Chow Suspension Bridge was constructed by Native Americans living on the Quinault Indian Reservation about 1950. It consists of four timber king post trusses that are suspended from stee... More

Chow Chow Suspension Bridge, Spanning Quinault River, Taholah, Grays H...

Significance: The Chow Chow Suspension Bridge was constructed by Native Americans living on the Quinault Indian Reservation about 1950. It consists of four timber king post trusses that are suspended from stee... More

Chow Chow Suspension Bridge, Spanning Quinault River, Taholah, Grays H...

Significance: The Chow Chow Suspension Bridge was constructed by Native Americans living on the Quinault Indian Reservation about 1950. It consists of four timber king post trusses that are suspended from stee... More

James River Suspension Bridge, Spanning James River, Route 11, Buchana...

Survey number: HAER VA-17 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James River Suspension Bridge, Spanning James River, Route 11, Buchana...

Survey number: HAER VA-17 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Regency Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at County Route 126...

Significance: Spanning 340'-0" tower to tower, the Regency Suspension Bridge is one of five remaining suspension bridges in Texas. The bridge was built with mostly hand labor by area residents. Its 3 1/4"-dia... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River at County Route 14...

Significance: The Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge is the oldest surviving cable-stayed suspension bridge in Texas and may also be the oldest in the United States. One of seven Texas suspension bridges surviving f... More

The great East River suspension bridge: connecting the cities of New Y...

7336 U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2818

Tower Suspension Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River at Yellowstone Riv...

Survey number: HAER WY-8

Covington & Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Covingt...

See also HAER No. OH-28, Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, for additional documentation. Significance: At the time of its completion this suspension bridge was the longest in the world. It remains one of the nation... More

Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River, Grand Canyon,...

Significance: This is the site of the first bridge crossing of the Colorado River within the Grand Canyon National Park. It comprises an excellent example of an early 20th century suspension bridge designed fo... More

Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River, Grand Canyon,...

Significance: This is the site of the first bridge crossing of the Colorado River within the Grand Canyon National Park. It comprises an excellent example of an early 20th century suspension bridge designed fo... More

Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River, Grand Canyon,...

Significance: This is the site of the first bridge crossing of the Colorado River within the Grand Canyon National Park. It comprises an excellent example of an early 20th century suspension bridge designed fo... More

New suspension bridge at Fairmount, Philadelphia, constructed by Charl...

Drawn and engraved expressly for Graham's Magazine. Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1955 July 22.

Notice. Great Western and Michigan central railroads! The only route v...

Transportatio. 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 177, Folder 35.

C. & C. Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River

Photograph shows Cincinnati and Covington Bridge suspension tower and cables. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The great East River suspension bridge: connecting the cities of New Y...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Washington, Tacoma. Suspension bridge collapses into the Tacoma Narro...

Photo by Wide World. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mid Hudson Suspension Bridge, Spanning Hudson River, Poughkeepsie, Dut...

Significance: "From the point of view of design, the span is one of the very finest American suspension bridges and particularly praised is the beauty of its towers." (p243, Plowden, Bridges: The Spans of North... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window with American Military theme:...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Suspension Bridge, Spanning Kaskaskia River, Carlyle, Clinton County, ...

Nitrate negatives. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-57, FN-59, FN-60, FN-62, FN-63 Survey number: HABS IL-225 Building/structure dates: 1932 Building/structure dates: 1859- 1... More

Chow Chow Suspension Bridge, Spanning Quinault River, Taholah, Grays H...

Significance: The Chow Chow Suspension Bridge was constructed by Native Americans living on the Quinault Indian Reservation about 1950. It consists of four timber king post trusses that are suspended from stee... More

Nisqually Suspension Bridge, Spanning Nisqually River on Service Road,...

Significance: The oldest surviving road bridge in Mount Rainier National Park, the Nisqually River Suspension Bridge is one of the few road-bearing suspension bridges in the National Park system. Although shor... More

Nisqually Suspension Bridge, Spanning Nisqually River on Service Road,...

Significance: The oldest surviving road bridge in Mount Rainier National Park, the Nisqually River Suspension Bridge is one of the few road-bearing suspension bridges in the National Park system. Although shor... More

Regency Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at County Route 126...

Significance: Spanning 340'-0" tower to tower, the Regency Suspension Bridge is one of five remaining suspension bridges in Texas. The bridge was built with mostly hand labor by area residents. Its 3 1/4"-dia... More

Regency Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River at County Route 126...

Significance: Spanning 340'-0" tower to tower, the Regency Suspension Bridge is one of five remaining suspension bridges in Texas. The bridge was built with mostly hand labor by area residents. Its 3 1/4"-dia... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River at County Route 14...

Significance: The Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge is the oldest surviving cable-stayed suspension bridge in Texas and may also be the oldest in the United States. One of seven Texas suspension bridges surviving f... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Tower Suspension Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River at Yellowstone Riv...

Survey number: HAER WY-8

The only rout via Niagara Falls & Suspension Bridge

G6604 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Clay, Cosack & Co.

The great East River suspension bridge: connecting the cities of New Y...

14378 U.S. Copyright Office. Artist: Charles R. Parsons & Lyman W. Atwater. Conningham no. 2140. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2817 P... More

Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River, Grand Canyon,...

Significance: This is the site of the first bridge crossing of the Colorado River within the Grand Canyon National Park. It comprises an excellent example of an early 20th century suspension bridge designed fo... More

Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge, Spanning Colorado River, Grand Canyon,...

Significance: This is the site of the first bridge crossing of the Colorado River within the Grand Canyon National Park. It comprises an excellent example of an early 20th century suspension bridge designed fo... More

The Suspension Bridge at Folsom, Sacramento County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1054. LOT subdivision subject: Bridges in Northern California. This record contains unverified old... More

Bridge over the Royal Gorge, the world's highest suspension bridge, co...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

[Part of Robert Summers's sculpture, "The Waco Chisholm Trail Heritage...

Title from related image: LC-DIG-highsm-29746. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; The... More

Mid Hudson Suspension Bridge, Spanning Hudson River, Poughkeepsie, Dut...

Significance: "From the point of view of design, the span is one of the very finest American suspension bridges and particularly praised is the beauty of its towers." (p243, Plowden, Bridges: The Spans of North... More