Niagara, mills and Grand Trunk [i.e. Upper Steel Arch] Bridge – Antique Print
![Niagara, mills and Grand Trunk [i.e. Upper Steel Arch] Bridge, [ca. 1900] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/82/820b8e469dc4-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Niagara, mills and Grand Trunk [i.e. Upper Steel Arch] Bridge, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Niagara, mills and Grand Trunk [i.e. Upper Steel Arch] Bridge
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This view centers on the Grand Trunk Bridge, the steel arch railroad crossing over the Niagara River that links Niagara Falls, New York, with Ontario, and it shows the mills that lined the river nearby. By around 1900, the Niagara gorge had become a dense industrial corridor, drawing manufacturers to the cheap hydroelectric power being developed from the falls. The print comes from the Detroit Publishing Company's photochrom process, which turned black-and-white photographs into color lithographs with soft, painterly tones. The company compiled albums like this one as a catalog for its own office, so the image also documents how it marketed the region's scenery and industry to customers.
| Created / published | [ca. 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 51116. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955. |
| Subjects | Railroad bridges. Rivers. Industrial facilities.United States--New York (State)--Niagara River.Canada--Ontario--Niagara River.United States--New York (State)--Niagara Falls (City) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,340 × 2,191 px · prints to 14 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 11604u Niagara, mills and Grand Trunk |
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