The Niagara Falls suspension bridge. First opened: Aug. 1st. 1848 – Vintage Print
(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 print of The Niagara Falls suspension bridge. First opened: Aug. 1st. 1848. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Niagara Falls suspension bridge. First opened: Aug. 1st. 1848
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Engineer Charles Ellet Jr. designed the suspension bridge that opened across the Niagara Gorge on August 1, 1848, one of the earliest long-span suspension bridges in the country. It carried both carriage and rail traffic between the United States and Canada. This print is dated to about 1849, and its shelflist card names the publisher Endicott & Company, though that attribution is unverified. Ellet's bridge did not last in its original form, because John A. Roebling built a stronger replacement on the same site in 1855.
| Created / published | c1849 June 4. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | 223 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott & Company |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,188 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112289 |
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