Niagara Bridges; Niagara Cantilever Bridge

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
Place:: Canada/United States
Subject Topic:: Transportation Facilities; Bridges; Aqueducts
Language:: UND
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