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- Notes:
- This bridge also known as the Falls View or Upper Steel Arch Bridge, was built from 1895 to 1898 to replace the Falls View Suspension Bridge (a.k.a. Niagara-Clifton Suspension Bridge) due to an increase in railway traffic. It was designed by Leffert L. Buck and it was built around the existing suspension bridge (which was later moved to the Queenston-Lewiston site). It was destroyed in 1938 when an ice jam on the river damaged the hinges of the arch, causing the bridge to collapse. For more information see: Spanning Niagara: The International Bridges 1848-1962 (Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1984).
- Date Issued:
- [1895 TO 1898]
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- Constructed from 1852-1855 this bridge was originally built for the Great Western Railway of Canada which combined with the Grand Trunk Railway in 1882. Also known as the Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge, it was designed by John Augustus Roebling as a double-deck bridge with four cables for railway and roadway use. The bridge had an 821 ft. span and due to its double-deck design had increased stability for a suspension bridge. However, due to increasing traffic and weight demands it was replaced in 1897 by the Niagara Railroad Arch (also known as the Whirlpool Rapids Br.) which is still in place today. For more information see: Spanning Niagara: The International Bridges 1848-1962 (Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1984).
- Date Issued:
- 1855-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- Also known as the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, it was built in 1896-1897 by Leffert L. Buck to replace Roebing's 1855 Railway Suspension Bridge. This double deck arch bridge still exists today with only minor changes. For more information see: Spanning Niagara: The International Bridges 1848-1962 (Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1984).
- Date Issued:
- [1896 TO 1897]
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- The Canadian Southern or Michigan Central Cantilever Bridge was built in 1883 by the Central Bridge Works of Buffalo and engineer Charles Conrad Shneider. This double-track railway bridge of steel and wrought iron was commissioned by the Vanderbilt family who owned the Canadian Southern and Michigan Central Railroad lines and had the bridge built to compete with the Great Western and Grand Trunk Railway which had the use of the Roebling Railway Suspension Bridge. It was replaced in 1925 by a steel arch bridge still in place today. For more information see: Spanning Niagara: The International Bridges 1848-1962 (Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1984).
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- Due to the increasing weight and train traffic the Michigan Central RR Bridge was built to replace the Michigan Central Cantilever Bridge. Its construction was delayed by WWI, but it was completed in 1925 by Michigan Central's engineer H. Isben and still exists today. For more information see: Spanning Niagara: The International Bridges 1848-1962 (Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1984).
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- Due to the increasing weight and train traffic the Michigan Central RR Bridge was built to replace the Michigan Central Cantilever Bridge. Its construction was delayed by WWI, but it was completed in 1925 by Michigan Central's engineer H. Isben and still exists today. For more information see: Spanning Niagara: The International Bridges 1848-1962 (Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1984).
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- Due to the increasing weight and train traffic the Michigan Central RR Bridge was built to replace the Michigan Central Cantilever Bridge. Its construction was delayed by WWI, but it was completed in 1925 by Michigan Central's engineer H. Isben and still exists today. For more information see: Spanning Niagara: The International Bridges 1848-1962 (Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1984).
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- Due to the increasing weight and train traffic the Michigan Central RR Bridge was built to replace the Michigan Central Cantilever Bridge. Its construction was delayed by WWI, but it was completed in 1925 by Michigan Central's engineer H. Isben and still exists today. For more information see: Spanning Niagara: The International Bridges 1848-1962 (Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1984).
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- Due to the increasing weight and train traffic the Michigan Central RR Bridge was built to replace the Michigan Central Cantilever Bridge. Its construction was delayed by WWI, but it was completed in 1925 by Michigan Central's engineer H. Isben and still exists today. For more information see: Spanning Niagara: The International Bridges 1848-1962 (Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1984).
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- Index card originally labels this bridge the Niagara-Clifton Suspension Bridge, but then it was re-labeled as the Lewiston Suspension Bridge. This could be due to the fact that the second Niagara-Clifton Suspension Bridge also known as the Falls View Suspension Bridge was dismantled and used to replace the lost bridge at Queenston-Lewiston (this was a suspension bridge built in 1851 by Edward W. Serrall, but it was destroyed in a storm in 1864). However, this image is possibly the original Niagara-Clifton Suspension Bridge built in 1869 by the engineer Samuel Keefer, and the bridge at 1268 ft. was the longest single span in the world until the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. The original wooden towers of this bridge were enclosed (which is possibly represented in the tower shown in this image) and an observation deck was created on the Canadian side. The bridge was later given iron towers and re-built wider by Leffert L. Buck in 1887-88. Buck's re-modeled bridge was destroyed in a storm in 1889 and the 2nd Niagara-Clifton Suspension Bridge was built (the image could also be of this bridge, it is uncertain). This 2nd bridge was replaced by the Falls View or Upper Steel Arch Bridge (or Niagara-Clifton Arch Bridge) in 1898 again designed by Leffert L. Buck. Yet the 2nd Suspension bridge was not destroyed but moved as stated above to the Queenston-Lewiston site. For more information see: Spanning Niagara: The International Bridges 1848-1962 (Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1984).
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
