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- 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)
- 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:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- Completed in 1916, the Hell Gate Bridge crosses the East River at Hell Gate. It was designed as a four-track railway bridge by Gustav Lindenthal for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Lindenthal served as consulting engineer for the bridge's construction, which began in 1914, with the help of Othmar Ammann as assistant chief engineer. Little Hell Gate was built to cross the water between Wards and Randalls Island.
- Date Issued:
- [1914 TO 1916]
- 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
- Notes:
- Now named Blagoveshchensky Bridge (2006). Also called the Annunciation Bridge, Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge, and Nevsky Bridge.
- Date Issued:
- [1843 TO 1850]
- 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:
- This viaduct was built over the valley of Maiden's brook to connect the Gordon Hill and Crews Hill stations on the Great Northern Railway.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Date Issued:
- [1867 TO 1874]
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
- Notes:
- Noted on slide: Cost $1,265,000.00 Length 1215 feet, 3 years building
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
