Roeblings Eisenbahn-Hängebrücke von 1855 über den Niagara River

Künstler:in William England (Trowbridge 1830 - 1896 London)

Künstler:in The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company (1854-1922)

Date1859

Object TypeFotografie

Object typePhotograph

Materials / TechniquesAlbuminpapier auf Untersatzkarton / Stereoformat

DimensionsFotopapier (links): 7,8 × 7,1 cm (3 1/16 × 2 13/16 in.)
Fotopapier (rechts): 7,8 × 7,1 cm (3 1/16 × 2 13/16 in.)
Karton: 8,4 × 17,3 cm

CreditALBERTINA, Wien

Object numberFoto2002/110

InscribedUntersatzkarton: recto: r.o. "7'5" (Bleistift); r.u. "No. 87. - The Niagara Suspension Bridge." (braun gedruckt); verso: M. Adler mit Blitzen, Stars-and-Stripes-Schild und Spruchband "United States of America"; "The Niagara Suspension Bridge. / Interior View. / 'This Bridge is a noble and stupendous structure of enormous strength, and forms a communication between / Canada and the States. Its total length is 800 feet; height above the water 258 feet; width 24 feet, and is / suspended by four enormous wire cables of about ten inches diameter, which contain about 4,000 miles of wire, the / ultimate capacity of the four cables being about 12,400 tons. The railway and the ordinary carriage and foot / traffic is conducted by means of seperate roads or tramways, the railway track being 28 feet above the carriage / and footway. The accompanying photograph shows a sectional view of the foot and carriage way of the / bridge." (braun gedruckt)

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