The interior of High Bridge looking from the north to the south side. The Kentucky River is below. Two piers anchored in concrete support the three 375 foot spans of the bridge on either side of the river. High Bridge is 275.5 feet above the low...
Ship labeled 'Hamilton' crossing the East River in front of the Brooklyn Bridge, a long suspension bridge connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York. Text on left: American Scenery. Text on right: Brooklyn Bridge. Series information on back of...
High Bridge over the Kentucky River. It stood 275 feet tall and spanned 1,125 feet. When the bridge was completed in 1877 (after construction was halted during the Civil War), it was the first cantilever bridge in North America, and also the...
Louisville, Kentucky, approach to the Municipal Bridge. Municipal Bridge is now known as the Second Street Bridge and spans the Ohio River between Kentucky and Indiana. A car approaches from the bridge. A building at the right has an advertisement...
Left side view from the Louisville, Kentucky, shore of Municipal Bridge. Now known as the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge or the Second Street Bridge, it spans the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana. On back of...
Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge across the Ohio River from Louisville's 14th Street to Clarksville, Indiana, photographed in Louisville, Kentucky. Photograph shows three bridges connecting the City of Louisville with Indiana at the outer river bend....
Panhandle Bridge or Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge across the Ohio River from Louisville's 14th Street to Clarksville, Indiana. On the Louisville side, on the bottom of the photograph, urban buildings form neat rows. The bridge, also known as the...
Aerial view of the construction of the Fourteenth Street Bridge designed by Albert Fink. This truss drawbridge was built by the Louisville Bridge and Iron Company and spans the Ohio River, between Louisville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Indiana....
Construction of the canal draw of the Fourteenth Street Bridge designed by Albert Fink. The draw span is across the upstream end of the Louisville and Portland Canal. This truss drawbridge was built by the Louisville Bridge and Iron Company and...
Construction of the canal draw of the Fourteenth Street Bridge designed by Albert Fink. Two men stand on top of the partially constructed draw span which is across the upstream end of the Louisville and Portland Canal. This truss drawbridge was...
Construction of pier 13 of the Fourteenth Street Bridge designed by Albert Fink. This truss drawbridge was built by the Louisville Bridge and Iron Company and spans the Ohio River, between Louisville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Indiana. Started in...
North tower of High Bridge over the Kentucky River. The railroad tracks beneath the tower lead across the river to where the south tower can be seen in the distance. The north and south towers were built between 1854 and 1858 by bridge builder John...
Pier no. 1 on the north side of the Kentucky River during construction of High Bridge. At the base of the steel pier are several small wooden buildings and the remains of an old orchard. Two piers anchored in concrete support the three 375 foot...
Pier no. 1, half of its steel span, the cliff face, and north tower as viewed from the opposite river bank during construction of High Bridge over the Kentucky River. Two piers anchored in concrete support the three 375 foot spans of the bridge on...
Pier no. 1, half of its steel span, the cliff face, and north tower as viewed from Shaker Ferry during construction of High Bridge over the Kentucky River. Two piers anchored in concrete support the three 375 foot spans of the bridge on either side...
Pier no. 1, span no. 1, half of span no. 2, the cliff face, and north tower as viewed from the riverbank downstream during construction of High Bridge over the Kentucky River. Two piers anchored in concrete support the three 375 foot spans of the...
Distant view of the south tower of High Bridge over the Kentucky River. A small wooden structure and debris are on the ground at eye-level. The north and south towers were built between 1854 and 1858 by bridge builder John A. Roebling to suspend...
View from waterfront of railroad bridge or trestle crossing the Ohio River. The bridge is the Panhandle Bridge, built around 1870, and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The bridge linked Clarksville, Indiana, to Louisville, Kentucky, spanning...
View from waterfront of railroad bridge or trestle crossing the Ohio River. The bridge is the Panhandle Bridge, built around 1870, and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The bridge linked Clarksville, Indiana, to Louisville, Kentucky, spanning...
Long view facing west down Cardinal Boulevard. The water level comes up to the railroad tracks. DuPont Manual High School can be seen in the distance. Photograph was taken in the late morning.
