Empire Bridge Co., Elmira, New York, 1909 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Empire Bridge Co., Elmira, New York, 1909. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Empire Bridge Co., Elmira, N.Y.
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Empire Bridge Co., Elmira, New York, 1909
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Elmira, New York, in 1909 was a river city in the Chemung Valley of the Southern Tier, shaped by rail and heavy manufacturing. The Erie Railroad maintained major shops and yards there, and the city's factories turned out iron and steel goods, including the bridge girders and structural work for which the Empire Bridge Company was known. Such works drew workers and their families, and the city's growth ran alongside the rail lines and the river flats below them. Elmira was also home to the State Reformatory, opened in the 1870s and nationally known for its reform methods, and to Elmira College, one of the earliest colleges to grant degrees to women. Many residents of the day would have known the city first as a railroad and manufacturing town, and second as the summer home region of Mark Twain's in-laws, the Langdons.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,083 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Empire Bridge Co., Elmira, N.Y. |
| Reference | NY 1909 Empire Bridge Co., Elmira |
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