View from the east bank of the Schuylkill River looking south showing the Wire Suspension Bridge. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874. Also shows factories and mills lining the east bank; horse-drawn wagons transporting materials across the bridge; and men in rowboats on the river in the foreground., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Missing upper left corner., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Union View Co.
Date
[ca. 1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Bridges [P.9260.81]
View from the east bank of the Schuylkill River looking southwest showing the Wire Suspension Bridge in the distance. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874. Also shows Moan's boat store and stables, floating boat houses, taverns, and factories on the west bank of the river., Photographer, publisher, and title from label pasted on verso listing over sixty views published by the firm., Green mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., R. Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert Newell and his son, Henry, was active from circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator
R. Newell & Son
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.9299.57]
