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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

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

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

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

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

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

Texas Suspension Bridges, Dr. Flinn's Model & Builders Plate, Austin, ...

Survey number: HAER TX-98-A Building/structure dates: after 1898 Subsequent Work

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

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

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

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

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

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2820

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

[Clifton suspension bridge from the cliffs, Bristol, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10110". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

Barrage balloon manufacture. Making a suspension band. These workers a...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great Falls, Montana. Electrolytic copper refinery of Anaconda Copper ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, 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

Abraham Lincoln to Erastus Corning and Others, [June] 1863 (Copy No. ...

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

The grand display of fireworks and illuminations: at the opening of th...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2691

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

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2821

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

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

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

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

Jay Cooke State Park, Pedestrian Suspension Bridge, Minnesota Highway ...

Survey number: HAER MN-53 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Texas Suspension Bridges, Dr. Flinn's Model & Builders Plate, Austin, ...

Survey number: HAER TX-98-A Building/structure dates: after 1898 Subsequent Work

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

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.

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

Suspension Bridge at Rattlesnake Bar, American River, Placer County

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manila, Philippine Islands: The Pasig River suspension bridge, from no...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. Publshed by Strohmeyer & Wyman, publishers, New York, N.Y. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

The western, or Wheeling Island, arched entryway to the Wheeling Suspe...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by Charles Ellet Jr., who also worked on the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, the Wheeling bridge was the first to span the O... 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

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

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

Grand birds eye view of the Great East River suspension bridge Connect...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Brooklyn Bridge spanning the East River,with ships on the river and traffic on the bridge; also shows, from left, the "Brooklyn Tower, Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, Atlantic Ocean... More

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

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2821

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

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

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

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

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Pedestrian Suspension Bridge, Foot of...

See also HAER PA-121 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad's pedestrian suspension bridge was typical of short spans produced by the John A. Roebling... 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

Texas Suspension Bridges, Dr. Flinn's Model & Builders Plate, Austin, ...

Survey number: HAER TX-98-A Building/structure dates: after 1898 Subsequent Work

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

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

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

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

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2823

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

Various results of the war. Army suspension bridge over the Jordan.

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

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

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

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

Abraham Lincoln to Erastus Corning and Others, [June] 1863 (Copy No. ...

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

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

Survey number: HAER MA-76 Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

The Rail road suspension bridge: near Niagara Falls

Print shows sightseers on the lower left at the edge of the Niagara River with a railroad suspension bridge at center and Niagara Falls in the distance. Caption continues: Length of bridge 822 feet, height abo... 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

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 of electric wires, power line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Pedestrian Suspension Bridge, Foot of...

See also HAER PA-121 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad's pedestrian suspension bridge was typical of short spans produced by the John A. Roebling... More