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Kentucky River Bridge of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, from mouth of Dix River – Vintage Print

Kentucky River Bridge of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, from mouth of Dix River — historic photograph
Kentucky River Bridge of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, from mouth of Dix River. Historic photograph from the Cincinnati collection.

(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 photograph of Kentucky River Bridge of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, from mouth of Dix River. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Kentucky River Bridge of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, from mouth of Dix River

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Few railroad crossings in Kentucky look as dramatic as the span shown here, where the Cincinnati Southern Railway crosses the Kentucky River from a viewpoint at the mouth of the Dix River. The line was built to carry traffic from Cincinnati south toward Chattanooga, and its high iron bridge was a major engineering project of the later 1870s, stretching far above the gorge. The photograph is credited to James Mullen of Lexington and dated around 1877, though that date comes from an old caption card and has not been verified. Views like this show how the railroad reshaped the rugged river country of central Kentucky.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesc1877.
SubjectsPhoto by James Mullen, Lexington, Ky. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Ky.--Dix R-; Railroad bridges; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,038 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134874

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