Louisville Municipal Bridge Photograph Collection, 1928-1929.
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Louisville Municipal Bridge Commission
Title: Photograph Collection, 1928-1929.
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.
Size of Collection: 193 photographic items separated into 2 albums
Location Number: 012PC49
Scope and Content Note
The Louisville Municipal Bridge Photograph Collection is housed in one archival box (.33 cubic foot) and is made up of 193 black and white photograph prints that are split into two albums. Album 1 is compiled of 174, 5.75”x3.5” prints and Album 2 is compiled of 19, 9.75”x7.5” prints. The collection contains photographs of the construction of the Louisville Municipal Bridge from the beginning in June 1928 to the completion of the project in October/November of 1929. The collection includes photographs of the bridge construction including the caissons, piers, and the superstructure of the bridge itself. Some photographs include the construction workers and their various jobs while building the bridge. In addition to the photographs there are a few newspaper clippings. One references the bridge commission visiting the construction site to inspect the progress of construction.
This inspecting party included Louisville Mayor William B. Harrison, and the Chairman of the commission. Another clipping references Louisville Mayor Harrison and Harry C. Poindexter of Jeffersonville, Indiana observing the bridge with engineers and commissioners. There is also a telegram from Western Union to C. Glennon Melville, the resident engineer on the project, from his family.
Biographical Note
The Louisville Municipal Bridge was built between 1928 and 1929. The bridge was approved by Kentucky Governor William J. Fields in 1926 when he signed the legislation that authorized the building of a toll bridge and the creation of the Louisville Bridge Commission. The bridge was funded by both state and private funds, secured by Louisville Mayor William B. Harrison. The architect chosen by the commission for the project was Paul P. Cret. The commission chose a Philadelphia based engineering firm run by Ralph Modjeski and Frank M. Masters to design the bridge. The plans for the bridge were approved by the Louisville Bridge Commission and would be built between Second and Main Streets in Louisville and extend across the Ohio River to Illinois Avenue in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The American Bridge Company began construction of the bridge in June of 1928 and the bridge opened in October 1929. The bridge was a toll bridge until 1946 when it was converted to a free bridge. The Louisville Municipal Bridge was renamed the George Rogers Clark Bridge in 1949 in honor of the founder of Louisville but it is also called the Second Street Bridge.
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Sources cited:
The Encyclopedia of Louisville, John E. Kleber
Photograph List
| Item Number | Title / Date | Description | Format |
| 012PC49.1 | Pier 5 Assembling Caisson / 30 June 1928 | Photograph of the caisson for pier 5 of the Louisville Municipal Bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.2 | Pier 4 Assembling Caisson / 8 July 1928
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Photograph of the caisson for pier 4 being built. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.3
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Raising Caisson Pier 7 out of Mud / 30 June 1928 | Raising the caisson for pier 7 out of the mud. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.4 | Caisson Pier 7 in Mud at end of ways / 30 June 1928 | The caisson pier 7 in the mud at the end of the ways during construction of the bridge.
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5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.5
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Pier 4 Caisson starting down ways / 20 July 1928 | The caisson for pier 4 is on the ramp going into the water. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.6
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Launching caisson pier 4 / 20 July 1928 | The caisson for pier 4 is being launched into the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.7
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Launching caisson pier 4 / 20 July 1928 | The caisson for pier 4 is being launched into the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.8 | Caisson Pier 4 launched 11:25 A.M. / 20 July 1928
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The caisson for pier 4 is launched at 11:25 A.M. into the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.9 | No Title / Undated | Photograph of construction boats and caissons on the river. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.10 | Pier 7 blowout / 16 July 1928 | Photograph of the pier 7 blowout. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.11 | Sinking caisson Pier 7 / 11 July 1928 | Photograph of the caisson for pier 7 being sunk in the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.12 | Pier 7 / 20 July 1928 | Photograph of the beginnings of the construction of pier 7. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.13 | Pier 5 Foundation / 26 July 1928 | Photograph of the foundation of pier 5. The picture shows some of the construction workers in the foundation as they built the pier. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.14 | Pier 5 Foundation / 26 July 1928 | This photograph shows the foundation of pier 5 and shows a couple of the men working in the background.
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5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.15 | Launching caisson for pier 6 / 28 July 1928 | The caisson for pier 6 is launched into the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.16 | Caisson for pier 6 launched / 28 July 1928 | The caisson for pier 6 has been launched into the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.17
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Caisson #3 and start of caisson #2 / 1 August 1928 | Photograph of the building caisson numbers 2 and 3 on the banks of the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.18 | Pier 4 foundation dowels / 1 August 1928 | The photograph shows the dowels of the foundation of pier 4. In the background one can see the shovels and jackets used by the workers hanging up.
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5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.19 | Pier 4 key ways in foundation rock / 1 August 1928 | Photograph of the key ways in the foundation rock of pier 4. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.20 | Caisson for pier 8 / 1 August 1928 | Photograph of the caisson for pier 8. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.21
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Caisson Pier 3 before starting / 6 August 1928 | Photograph of the caisson for pier 3 on the bank of the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.22 | Caisson pier 3 hitting the water / 6 August 1928 | Photograph of the caisson for pier 3 hitting the water as it is launched into the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.23
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Caisson Pier 3 at end of skid-way / 6 August 1928 | Photograph of the caisson for pier 3 at the end of the skid-way during launch. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.24 | Caisson Pier 3 launched 1:45 P.M. / 6 August 1928 | Photograph of the caisson for pier 3 after it was launched into the water. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.25 | Pier 4 down in Caisson / 1 August 1928
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Photograph of the workers down in the caisson of pier 4. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.26 | Turning Angles to pier 5 / 10 August 1928 | Photograph of the turning angles to pier 5.
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5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.27 | Foundation Pier 6 East end / 6 August 1928 | Photograph of the foundation of pier 6 at the east end. The photograph includes a worker in the background checking the foundation. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.28 | Foundation Pier 6 keyways / 6 August 1928 | Photograph of the foundation keyways for pier 6. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.28a | No Title / 6 August 1928 | Photograph of some of the workers in a caisson of one of the piers. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.28b | No Title / 6 August 1928 | Photograph of some of the workers in a caisson of one of the piers. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.28c | No Title / 6 August 1928 | Photograph of some of the workers in a caisson of one of the piers. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.29 | Pier 6 Messers Smith, Gordon, & Fleck / 6 August 1928 | Photograph of three men in a caisson of pier 6 of the bridge. The title of the photograph is the names of the men featured in the picture. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.30 | Pier 6 Foundation and Crew / 6 August 1928 | Photograph of some of the workers at the foundation in the caisson of pier 6. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.31 | Bedrock Pier 6 / 6 August 1928 | Photograph of the bedrock at the bottom of the caisson of pier 6. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.32 | Pier 6 down in Caisson / 6 August 1928 | Another photograph of some of the workers at the foundation at the bottom of the caisson of pier 6. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.33
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Pier 3 Foundation / 23 August 1928 | Photograph of three workers at the foundation of pier 3. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.34 | Pier 3 Keyway in foundation
/ 23 August 1928 |
Photograph of workers and the keyway in the foundation of pier 3. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.35 | Pier 3 Foundation / 23 August 1928 | Photograph of the foundation of pier 3. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.36 | Pier 3 Upstream keyway 26 inches deep / 23 August 1928 | Photograph of the 26 inch deep upstream keyway of pier 3. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.37 | Pier 3 middle keyways / 23 August 1928 | Photograph of the middle keyways in at the foundation of pier 3. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.38 | Pier 3 Foundation / 23 August 1928 | Photograph of a group of workers at the foundation of pier 3. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.39 | Field Force Modjeski, Colpitts, Melville, Gorman-Giese / 24 August 1928 | Photograph of the field force of the bridge construction. The title of the picture is the names of the men in the photograph, respectively. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.40 | Caisson Pier 2 Interior / 17 August 1928
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Photograph of the inside of the caisson for pier 2. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.40a | Bridge Approach Plans Approved / Undated
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A newspaper article about the plans for the bridge being approved by the commissioners. | Newspaper article |
| 012PC49.40b | Scene is Clew in Ruby / 29 August 1928 | A newspaper article about the workers building the bridge and working in the caissons. Includes comments from the workers about what it is like to work in the caissons. | Newspaper article |
| 012PC49.41 | Caisson Pier 2 ready to launch / 20 August 1928 | Photograph of the caisson for pier 2 about to be launched into the river. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.42 | Caisson Pier 2 stuck at end of ways / 21 August 1928 | Photograph of the caisson for pier 2 stuck at the end of the ways in the water. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.43 | Caisson Pier 2, Derrick boats pulling it off ways / 21 August 1928 | Photograph of derrick boats pulling the pier 2 caisson off of the ways. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.44 | Caisson Pier 2 at end of ways / 21 August 1928 | Photograph of the caisson for pier 2 at the end of ways in the water. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.45
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Caisson Pier 2 launched 9:30 A.M. / 21 August 1928 | Photograph of the caisson for pier 2 after it is launched into the water. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.46 | Caisson Pier 8 soft sand under south edge / 29 August 1928
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Photograph of the caisson for pier 8 on the banks of the river. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.47 | Compression cylinders, #1-3943 #/ #2-4061 #/ / 21 August 1928 | Photograph of the compression cylinders 1 and 2. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.48 | Pier 8 course “H” set / 22 August 1928 | Photograph of pier 8, course “H” set. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.48a | Louisville Bridge Commission Inspection Party. Mayor Harrison, Chairman Black, Messrs. Duncan and Eady / 31 August 1928 | Photograph of the inspection party. | 4.5″x2.75″
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| 012PC49.48b | Louisville Bridge Commission Inspection Party. Mayor Harrison, Chairman Black, Messrs. Duncan and Eady / 31 August 1928 | Photograph of the inspection party. | 4.5″x2.75″
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| 012PC49.48c | Louisville Bridge Commission Inspection Party. Mayor Harrison, Chairman Black, Messrs. Duncan and Eady / 31 August 1928 | Photograph of the inspection party. | 4.5″x2.75″
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| 012PC49.48d | Louisville Bridge Commission Inspection Party. Mayor Harrison, Chairman Black, Messrs. Duncan and Eady / 31 August 1928 | Photograph of the inspection party in a boat. | 4.5″x2.75″
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| 012PC49.48e | Louisville Bridge Commission Inspection Party. Mayor Harrison, Chairman Black, Messrs. Duncan and Eady / 31 August 1928
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Photograph of the inspection party in a boat. | 4.5″x2.75″
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| 012PC49.49 | Placing Coffer Dam. Rise in River / 29 August 1928 | Photograph of the coffer dam being put into the river. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.50 | Pier 1 pouring second lift / 25 September 1928 | Photograph of pier 1 as they were pouring the second lift. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.51 | Concrete plant for 2nd pour of Pier 1 / 25 September | Photograph of the concrete plant for the second pour of pier 1. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.52 | Excavating for Pier 1 / 27 August 1928 | Photograph of the construction crew excavating for pier 1. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.53 | Pier 2 placing coffer dam / 25 September 1928 | Photograph of the pier 2 coffer dam being put in place. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.54 | Pier 2 excavating with orange peel / 9 October 1928
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Photograph of the excavation of pier 2 with an orange peel. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.55 | Downstream noses, looking north / 10 October 1928 | Photograph of piers 4 through 6 looking North. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.56 | Pier 5 upstream nose / 11 October 1928 | Photograph of pier 5 with workers on the top. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.57 | Pier 5 southern side / 11 October 1928 | Photograph of pier 5 from the southern side. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.58 | Pier 6 upstream nose / 11 October 1928 | Photograph of pier 6 from upstream. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.59 | Sealing Pier 1 by open method / 18 October 1928 | Photograph of pier 1 being sealed by open method. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.60 | Pier 1 Tremie concrete bucket / 18 October 1928 | Photograph of a tremie concrete bucket at pier 1. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.60a | Louisville Bridge Modjeski & Masters Engineers Contract #2: General View of piers looking North / 19 October 1928 | General view of the piers looking across the river to the North. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.61 | Pier 1 Diver / 18 October 1928 | Photograph of a diver before he goes under the water to examine the sealing of pier 1. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.62 | Pier 1 Diver ready to examine sealing / 18 October 1928 | Photograph of a diver about to go under water to examine the sealing of pier 1. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.63 | Pier 1 Diver returning after examination / 18 October 1928 | Photograph of the diver being pulled out of the water after he finished examining the sealing of pier 1. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.64 | Pier 2 Keyway in bedrock / 20 October 1928 | Photograph of the keyway in the bedrock of pier 2. There are five men in this picture who appear to be wearing waistcoats and ties. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.65 | Pier 8 setting coping with level / 31 October 1928 | Photograph of the workers working on pier 8. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.66 | Pier 8 cleaning down pier / 5 November 1928
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Photograph of pier 8 being cleaned up. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.67 | Pier 8 dressing down bridge seats / 7 November 1928 | Photograph of a few workers dressing down the bridge seats on pier 8. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.68 | Pier 8 dressing down bridge seats / 7 November 1928 | Photograph of workers dressing down the bridge seats on pier 8. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.69 | Cleaning Pier 8 / 5 November 1928 | Photograph of workers cleaning pier 8. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.70
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Cleaning Pier 7 / 8 November 1928 | Photograph of workers cleaning pier 7. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.71 | Pier 1 / 22 November 1928 | Photograph of pier 1 as it was being built. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.72 | Pier 7. Polishing bridge seats / 22 November 1928 | Photograph of workers polishing the bridge seats on pier 7. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.73 | Pier 7 Polishing bridge seats / 22 November 1928 | Photograph of workers polishing the bridge seats on pier 7. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.74 | False work for superstructure between Piers 4-5 / 22 November 1928 | Photograph of the false work for the superstructure between piers 4 and 5. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.75 | South face of Arch 1 / 3 December 1928 | Photograph of Arch 1 as it was built. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.76 | Setting soffitt stones Arch 1 / 3 December 1928 | Photograph of workers setting the soffitt stones for Arch 1. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.77 | Junior Inundator / 14 February 1929 | Photograph of a junior inundator as workers move materials during bridge construction. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.78 | Pile Driver / 14 February 1929 | Photograph of a pile driver used during the construction of the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.79 | Casting piles / 14 February 1929 | Photograph of workers casting piles during bridge construction. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.80 | Pile groups / 14 February 1929 | Photograph of the pile groups. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.81 | Loading piles to haul to driving location / 14 February 1929 | Photograph of the piles being loaded into the back of a horse drawn cart before they are taken to the driving location. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.82 | First pile in Leads / 14 February 1929 | Photograph of the pile driver and the first pile. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.83 | Starting to drive first pile / 14 February 1929 | Photograph of the pile driver beginning to drive the first pile. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.84 | Driving first pile / 14 February 1929 | Photograph of the pile driver driving the first pile. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.85 | First pile driven to refusal / 14 February 1929 | Photograph of the first pile after it was driven to refusal. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.86 | Jeff. Approach. Driving piles on footing of JC-1 / 6 March 1929 | Photograph of the pile driver driving piles. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.87 | Jeff. Approach. Erecting steel over Market Street / 5 April 1929 | Photograph of the construction crews erecting steel over Market St. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.88 | Jeff. Approach. Erecting Sidewalk bracket / 5 April 1929 | Photograph of workers building the sidewalk bracket on the bridge structure. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.89 | Jeff. Approach. Plate girder floor system / 5 April 1929 | Photograph of the plate girder floor system and looking up into the bridge structure. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.90 | Jeff. Approach. Girder over Market Street / 5 April 1929 | Photograph of the bridge structure as it extends over Market Street as a car is driving underneath the structure. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.91 | Jeff. Approach. Crane erecting steel / 5April 1929 | Photograph of a crane lifting pieces of steel during the construction of the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.92 | Jeff. Approach. Rivet heater / 5 April 1929 | Photograph of a man working beneath the bridge structure on the Jeffersonville side of the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.93 | Jeff. Approach. Riveting stringers / 11 April 1929 | Photograph of men working on the rivets of the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.94 | Jeff. Approach: Fitting up stringers / 11 April 1929 | Photograph of a man fitting up the stringers to the steel structure of the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.95 | Jeff. Approach: Setting Indiana limestone / 11 April 1929 | Photograph of some workers as they set the limestone on the Indiana side of the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.96 | Jeff. Approach: Indiana limestone wall / 11 April 1929 | Photograph of the Indiana limestone wall as it is being put together by a crane. The sign on the crane reads: Brick and Stone Work by F.W. Owens, Masonry Contractor. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.97 | Excavating cellar administration building / 11 April 1929 | Photograph of the excavation process of the cellar for the Administration building. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.98 | Jeff. Approach: Starting to raise 97ft. Girder / 13 April 1929 | Photograph from the Jeffersonville Approach of workers beginning to lift the 97 foot girder. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.99 | Jeff. Approach: Swinging around with 97ft. Girder / 13 April 1929 | Photograph of the crane swinging around with the 97 ft. girder in the air. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.100 | Jeff. Approach: Moving ahead with 97ft. Girder / 13 April 1929 | Photograph of the crane moving along the tracks with the girder toward the bridge structure. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.101 | Jeff. Approach: Landing one end of 97ft. Girder / 13 April 1929 | Photograph of one end of the girder landing on part of the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.102 | Jeff. Approach: 97ft. Girder erected / 13 April 1929 | Photograph of the girder as it is erected. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.103 | Superstructures. Entering pin LA-14 / 13 April 1929 | Photograph of the superstructure and workers over the water. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.104 | Superstructure: Starting to drive pin / 13 April 1929 | Photograph of workers starting to drive a pin on the superstructure. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.104 | Superstructure: Starting to drive pin / 13 April 1929 | Photograph of workers starting to drive a pin on the superstructure. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.105 | Superstructure. Driving pin / 13 April 1929 | Photograph of workers driving a pin on the bridge structure. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.106 | Superstructure. Sorting members / 13 April 1929 | Photograph of the superstructure and all the different materials as they are being sorted.
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5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.107 | Superstructure. Sorted members on top of bent #2. / 13 April 1929 | Photograph of the superstructure and the different materials after they have been sorted. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.108 | Jeff. Approach. Girder over Front St. / 17 April 1929 | Photograph of the girder over Front Street. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.109 | Towboat “Duffy” moving barges / 17 April 1929 | Photograph of a towboat moving barges along the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.110 | Barges tied up to Pier 7 / 17 April 1929 | Photograph of some barges tied up to pier 7. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.111 | Steel erected at pier 6 / 17 April 1929 | Photograph of the steel structure of the bridge after it is erected on pier 6. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.112 | Derrick bracket on floor beam pier 6 / 17 April 1929 | Photograph of the steel structure on top of pier 6. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.113 | Cont. 2 American Bridge Co. sign / 21 May 1929 | Photograph of the steel structure of the bridge along with the American Bridge Co. sign. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.114 | Cont. 2. 500′ Anchor arm and Cant’lèr arm / 21 May 1929 | Photograph of the incomplete steel structure of the bridge over the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.115 | Cont. 2 360′ Anchor arm and Cant’lèr arm / 21 May 1929 | Photograph of the cantilever structure on one of the piers extending over the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.116 | Cont. 2 New erection derricks / 21 May 1929 | Photograph of the new erection derricks and machinery used during the construction of the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.117 | Cont. 2 Jeffersonville Cantilever / 21 May 1929 | Photograph of the Jeffersonville Cantilever and a view across the Ohio River which shows the piers and pieces of the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.118 | Contract 6 retaining wall from after bulging / 21 May 1929 | Photograph of the retaining wall form. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.119 | Removing concrete from bulged form cont. 6 / 21 May 1929 | Photograph of the construction crew removing the concrete from the bulged form of the retaining wall. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.120 | Cont. 2 General view looking upstream / 22 May 1929 | Photograph of the pies and incomplete bridge looking upstream. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.121 | Cont. 4 Compression tests from piles / 3 June 1929 | Photograph of the compression tests from the piles. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012 PC49.122 | Cont. 2 Suspended span. Two panels to closure / 10 June 1929 | Photograph of the bridge with only two panels left until two pieces of the structure are completed. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.123 | Cont. 2 500 ft. Anchor arm / 10 June 1929 | Photograph of the 500 ft. anchor arm extending over the river.
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5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.124 | Cont. 2 General view / 10 June 1929 | Photograph of two pieces of the bridge almost connected. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.125 | Cont. 2 General view Piers 4 to 7 / 10 June 1929 | Photograph showing the bridge structure from piers 4 to 7. The two pieces are close to being connected. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.126 | Cont. 2 Cantilever arms & suspended span. Two panels to closure / 10 June 1929 | Photograph of two pieces of the bridge structure showing they are only two panels away from closing the gap between them. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.127 | Cont. 2 500′ Anchor arm and cantilever arm / 10 June 1929 | Photograph of the incomplete bridge structure over the river. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.128 | Cont. 2 superstructure piers 4 to 8 / 23 July 1929 | Photograph of the steel structure of the bridge from piers 4 to 8. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.129 | Cont. 2 Driving pin simple span pier 8 / 23 July 1929 | Photograph of working driving a pin on pier 8. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.130 | Cont. 2 simple span / 23 July 1929 | Photograph of part of the steel structure of the bridge as it extends over the bank and out toward the river. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.131 | Cont. 2 Towers piers 2 and 3 / 23 July 1929 | Photograph of two smaller steel structures on top of piers 2 and 3. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.132 | Cont. 4 West pylon Louisville approach / 22 July 1929 | Photograph of the West pylon on the bridge from the Louisville approach. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.133 | Cont. 4 West pylon Louisville approach / 22 July 1929 | Photograph of the West pylon from the Louisville approach. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.134 | Cont. 4 Tablet Louisville Approach / 22 July 1929 | Photograph of the tablet on the pylon. Inscribed on it are the names of the contractors and different companies involved in the bridge’s construction. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.135 | Cont. 4 East pylon Louisville approach / 22 July 1929 | Photograph of the East pylon from the Louisville approach. This tablet has the names of the Louisville bridge commission, engineers, and architect. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.136 | Cont. 6 West elev. Administration bldg / 22 July 1929 | Photograph of the construction of the administration building. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.137 | Cont. 6 setting stone Admin. Bldg / 22 July 1929 | Photograph of the construction of the administration building. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.137a | Western Union Telegram / 30 October 1929 | Personal Western Union Telegram to C. Glennon Melville, the resident engineer of the bridge project, from his family.
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| 012PC49.137b | Mayors of Louisville, Jeffersonville Lead Official Inspection of New Bridge / Undated | Caption: “Newspaper photograph of Mayor Harry C. Poindexter, of Jeffersonville; Mayor William B. Harrison, ex officio member of the Bridge Commission; George M. Eady, also a member. Edward H. West, secretary of the commission, and Glennon Melville, resident engineer, pointing out details in the Municipal Bridge.” | Newspaper picture |
| 012PC49.138 | Jeffersonville Approach Contract A / 1 May 1929 | Photograph of the bridge from the Jeffersonville approach as the roadway is being built. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.139 | Jeff. Cont. / 1 May 1929 | Photograph of the Jeffersonville Cantilever and the piers going across the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.140 | Louisville Approach / 16 August 1929 | Photograph of the bridge from the Louisville side of the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.141 | Superstructure / August 1929 | Photograph of the superstructure from a lower angle. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.142 | Superstructure Pier 2 / 16 August 1929 | Photograph of the superstructure on pier 2. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.143 | Mr. Modjeski and Mr. Masters. Jeff. App. / 29 August 1929 | Photograph of Mr. Modjeski and Mr. Masters observing the bridge from the Jeffersonville side of the river. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.144 | “Cap” Frantz. American Br. Co. / 29 August 1929 | Photograph of a man named “Cap” Frantz of the American Bridge Co. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.145 | Roadway on simple span / 29 August 1929 | Photograph of roadway being built and men working in the background. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.146 | Plant for roadway. Cont. 2 / 29 August 1929 | Photograph of men building the roadway on the bridge structure. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.147 | Superstructure. Louisville Cant’liver / 7 September 1929 | Photograph of the Louisville cantilever as the bridge is almost completed. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.148 | Louisville Cantilever / 7 September 1929 | Photograph of the Louisville cantilever and the bridge is almost completed. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.149 | Gas engine operating derrick / 7 September 1929 | Photograph of the gas engine operating inside of a derrick. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.150 | Closing bottom chord. Louisville Cant’lr / 7 September 1929 | Photograph of the workers closing another section of the bridge as it nears completion.
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| 012PC49.151 | “Mike” Valenti … Const. Co. / 17 September 1929 | Photograph of “Mike” Valenti, most likely a member of the construction company that helped build the bridge. The name of the company has faded so it is difficult to read. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.152 | Derrick carriage / 17 September 1929 | Photograph of men working on the structure of the bridge with the derrick located in the middle of the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.153 | No Title / 17 September 1929 | Photograph of men working on the roadway of the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.154 | Derrick carriage / 17 September 1929 | Photograph of the derrick carriage as men are building the roadway on the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.155 | Taking down derrick / 18 September 1929 | Photograph of the derrick being taken down from the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.156 | Guy derrick and carriage / 18 September 1929 | Photograph of men working around the derrick on the bridge while building the roadway. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.157 | Louisville Approach / 18 September 1929 | Photograph of the entrance to the bridge from the Louisville side of the Ohio River. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.158 | Jeffersonville Approach / 18 September 1929 | Photograph of the entrance to the bridge from the Jeffersonville side of the river. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.159 | A.F. Giese supt. Henry Bickel Co. / 18 September 1929 | Photograph of A.F. Giese, part of the Henry Bickel Company. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.160 | Ed. Smith. Pusher A.B. Co. / 18 September 1929 | Photograph of Ed Smith, pusher of American Bridge Company. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.161 | Bill Ritz. Pusher A.B. Co. / 18 September 1929 | Photograph of Bill Ritz, pusher of the American Bridge Company. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.162 | Tom. Fields. Pusher. A.B. Co. / 18 September 1929 | Photograph of Tom Fields, a pusher of the American Bridge Company. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.163 | Jackson Rivet Boss A.B. Co. / 18 September 1929 | Photograph of Jackson Rivet boss of the American Bridge Company. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.164 | Jim Branitis. Pusher A.B. Co. / 18 September 1929 | Photograph of Jim Branitis, pusher of American Bridge Co. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.165 | Roadway loading truck with concrete / 21 October 1929 | Photograph of men loading trucks with concrete as they built the roadway of the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.166 | Unloading concrete trucks / 21 October 1929 | Photograph of men unloading the concrete trucks on the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.167 | Vibrating Roadway forms / 21 October 1929 | Photograph of men using jackhammers as they vibrate the roadway into forms. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.168 | No Title / 21 October 1929 | Photograph of men using jackhammers as the build the roadway on the bridge. The tile of the photograph has faded away and is indecipherable. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.169 | Roadway finishing belt / 21 October 1929 | Photograph of the roadway finishing belt. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.170 | First snow. Jeffersonville Approach / 22 November 1929 | Photograph of the Jeffersonville entrance to the bridge during the first snow since the bridge was completed. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.171 | First snow. Jeffersonville Approach / 22 November 1929 | Photograph of the first snow on the entrance of the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.172 | Snow on portal simple span / 22 November 1929 | Photograph of the bridge covered in snow after the bridge was completed. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.173 | Snow on diagonal / 22 November 1929 | Photograph of snow on the diagonal of the bridge structure. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.174 | Snow on roadway superstructure / 22 November 1929 | Photograph of snow on the roadway and superstructure of the bridge. | 5.75″ x 3.5″
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| 012PC49.175 | Administration building foundation walls / 9 July 1929 | Photograph shows workers building the foundation walls of the administration building. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.176 | Toll-Houses steel frame-work / 9 July 1929 | Photograph of the toll houses steel frame-work. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.177 | Administration building stone work- first floor / 25 July 1929 | Photograph of the administration building first floor. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.178 | Jeffersonville Approach concreting west pylon footing / 2 March 1929 | Photograph of some construction workers pouring the concrete for the Jeffersonville side of the bridge’s west pylon. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.179 | Toll-houses forms for roof / 25 July 1929 | Photograph of the toll houses under construction. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.180 | Jeffersonville Approach roadway slab forms / 4 May 1929 | Photograph of the roadway slab forms from the Jeffersonville approach. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.181 | Jeffersonville Cantilever looking upstream / 15 May 1929 | Photograph of pieces of the structure of the bridge under construction. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.182 | Jeffersonville Cantilever looking upstream / 15 May 1929 | Photograph of the incomplete bridge structure extending over the river. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.183 | General view of piers looking north / 26 December 1928 | Photograph of the piers extending across the Ohio River before much of the steel structures were put in place or constructed. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.184 | No Title / Undated | Photograph of construction workers pouring concrete. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.185 | No Title / Undated | Photograph of men working around heavy machinery. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.186 | No Title / Undated | Photograph of the administration building foundation. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.187 | No Title / Undated | Photograph of the construction of the roadway of the bridge from the bank extending out over the river. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.188 | No Title / Undated | Photograph of bridge construction on the bank of the river. There are many different types of construction materials and machines in this photograph. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.189 | No Title / Undated | Photograph of the steel structure of the bridge from the ground. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.190 | No Title / Undated | Photograph of the steel structures on top of 2 of the piers. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.191 | No Title / Undated | Photograph of some of the piers, some with steel structures on top and some without, during winter with ice on the river. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.192 | No Title / Undated | Photograph of the superstructure of the bridge extending between 2 piers but only touching one pier. | 9.75″x7.5″
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| 012PC49.193 | No Title / Undated | Photograph of two pieces of the incomplete bridge that are close to being closed. | 9.75″x7.5″
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