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- Notes:
- Built for the Oregon Trunk Railway, at 320 feet above the river it was the highest arch bridge in the U.S. at the time.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- The first bridge was built from 1887 to 1888 as a three-span Whipple through truss. It was rebuilt as a Pennsylvania through truss in 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- From the early 19th century on many plans had been proposed for building a bridge at this site. One of the earliest plans was this one proposed by Farrand & Sharp in 1818. It planned for a bridge from Camden, NJ to Windmill Island on the Delaware River with the idea that a ferry could be taken the rest of the way from Windmill Island to Philadelphia. Yet it was not until the early 20th century that plans for a bridge began to be carried out. Many commissions and committees in both Pensylvania and New Jersey were formed and in 1918 the consulting engineers Waddell and Son were hired to examine the possibility of a Delware River crossing. In 1919 the states of Philadelphia and New Jersey worked together to create the Delaware River Bridge Joint Commission and they were given permission to build. The chief engineer for the bridge was Ralph Modjeski with Clement E. Chase as assistant engineer, Leon S. Moisseiff as the engineer of design, and Paul P. Cret as the architect. By 1921 a site for the bridge was chosen and construction began in January of 1922. The bridge opened on July 1, 1926 and is today known as the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. For more information see: Delaware River Port Authority, The Delaware River Bridge Twenty-Fifth Anniversary (not published, 1951).
- Date Issued:
- 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- From the early 19th century on many plans had been proposed for building a bridge at this site, but it was not until the early 20th century that plans for a bridge began to be carried out. Many commissions and committees in both Pensylvania and New Jersey were formed and in 1918 the consulting engineers Waddell and Son were hired to examine the possibility of a Delware River crossing. In 1919 the states of Philadelphia and New Jersey worked together to create the Delaware River Bridge Joint Commission and they were given permission to build. The chief engineer for the bridge was Ralph Modjeski with Clement E. Chase as assistant engineer, Leon S. Moisseiff as the engineer of design, and Paul P. Cret as the architect. By 1921 a site for the bridge was chosen and construction began in January of 1922. The bridge opened on July 1, 1926 and is today known as the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. For more information see: Delaware River Port Authority, The Delaware River Bridge Twenty-Fifth Anniversary (not published, 1951).
- Date Issued:
- [1921 TO 1926]
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- Located at 127 E. 73rd Street.
- Date Issued:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, Chicago, Illinois
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- The Kansas City Terminal Railway was built to serve the transportation needs of Kansas City. Construction began after 1903 and the railway is still in use today.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
