| Creator |
Mason, Samuel (Samuel J.). |
| Contributor |
Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869, engineer. |
| Title |
Views of Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge spanning the Niagara River. [graphic] / Samuel Mason, photographist, Niagara Falls,
N.Y. Views from all points of the falls, winter and summer, on paper and glass.
|
| Publisher |
Niagara Falls, N.Y. : Samuel Mason |
| Publisher |
N.Y. Niagara Falls. 1865 |
| Date |
[ca. 1865] |
| Physical Description |
2 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
Views depict the Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge spanning the Niagara River constructed 1851-1855 after John A. Roebling
to connect the railroads of New York Central and Great Western Railway of Canada. One image shows the large stone pylons and
two decks of the bridge from the river bank and another depicts the enclosed wooden carriage level with two men standing on
the sides near the lattice work.
|
| Notes |
Photographer's stamp pasted on versos. |
|
Yellow mounts with square corners. |
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Suspension bridges -- Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.) |
|
Railroad bridges -- Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.) |
| Geographic subject |
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) |
|
Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge (N.Y. and Ont.) |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869, engineer. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Mason - Bridges [P.9022.7-8] |
| Accession number |
P.9022.7 |
|
P.9022.8 |
