1200 Ton R.R. Bridge over Cape Cod Canal, Buzzard's Bay – 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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1200 Ton R.R. Bridge over Cape Cod Canal, Buzzard's Bay comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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1200 Ton R.R. Bridge over Cape Cod Canal, Buzzard's Bay
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The title names the 1,200-ton railroad bridge over the Cape Cod Canal at Buzzard's Bay, a span where the rail line crossed the waterway near the canal's western entrance. The canal was cut across the base of Cape Cod to spare coastal ships the long, hazardous trip around the peninsula, and it opened to traffic in 1914. The Bain News Service, a New York press photo agency, made this glass negative, but the record gives no date, and the title comes from unverified notes, so the exact year and the bridge's weight remain uncertain. The image still shows an early engineering project that reshaped travel along the New England coast.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,778 × 4,229 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-17912 |
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