Niagara Bridges; Niagara Clifton Arch Bridge under construction

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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

Place:

Canada/United States

Subject Topic:

Transportation Facilities; Bridges; Aqueducts

Language:

UND

Rights:

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/t/text/accesspolicy.html

URL:

http://name.umdl.umich.edu/IC-UMMU2IC-X-LS018031%5DLS018031