People Watching Bridge Destruction

October 8, 1927

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Title
People Watching Bridge Destruction
Creator
Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
Date
October 8, 1927
Identifier
715.275191.CP
Description
Old Point Bridge demolition after cables were cut and dropped into the Monongahela River. The stiffened chain suspension bridge was designed by Edward Hemberl of American Bridge Company. It connected Pittsburgh from the descending bank of Monongahela River at Water Street to a an area near the lower station of the Duquesne Incline on East Carson Street. A new bridge, designed By Stanley L. Roush, was constructed beside the original between 1925 and 1927. Upon the completion of the new bridge, the grand 1876 bridge, was dismantled. By 1959, the new bridge would also be outgrown, but not dismantled until 1970.
Extent
6.5 x 8.5 in.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Bridges
Geographic Subjects
Point Bridge II (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Collection
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
Rights Information
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