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- Date Issued:
- 1345-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- Made wholly of granite without the use of mortar. Length, 617’, width 26’, middle piers are about 190’ high. Thoroughly restored in 1860.
- 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
- Notes:
- Designing Engineer: Hugh E. Young Consulting Engineer: Lewis M. Gram; The former bridge at Jefferson Avenue was a narrow swing bridge that needed to be replaced by around 1910. However, construction did not begin on the new bridge until 1920 and a detour for Jefferson Avenue was needed. The detour was created up stream with an old truss bridge from the Michigan Central Railroad, and was floated into place. Construction then began on a single trunnion, double-leaf bascule bridge that opened in 1922.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- The bridge was designed by John Augustus Roebling with Washington Augustus Roebling serving as chief engineer and Emily Warren Roebling as his assistant.
- Date Issued:
- [1869 TO 1883]
- 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
- Notes:
- Design: St. Lawrence Bridge Co.; Engineers: Henri Vautelet, Maurice Fitzmaurice, Ralph Modjeski, Charles MacDonald, Charles N. Monsarrat, and C.C. Schneider; After the collapse of the 1st bridge the Canadian government took over the project and appointed a board of engineers which included Henri Vautelet, Maurice Fitzmurice, and Ralph Modjeski. However, by the time of the bridge's completion Ralph Modjeski was the only original board member still involved with the project. A new design was chosen for the bridge by the St. Lawrence Bridge Co. which involved building the two sides of the bridge then floating the center span into place and lifting it up from the river with the use of jacks. The first attempt to lift the center ended with its collapse on Sept. 11, 1916, due to a steel casting failure. A new span was quickly created and the bearings re-designed so that the 2nd attempt was successful and the bridge was completed in 1917. At 1800 ft the Quebec Bridge has the longest cantilever span in the world. For more information see: William D. Middleton, The Bridge at Quebec (Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 2001)
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- Built for the Solway Junction Railway over the Solway Firth, it was designed by Sir James Brunlees and opened in 1869.
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
