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(Bridges: Union Bridge)

ca. 1895-1905

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(Bridges: Union Bridge)
  • Title
  • (Bridges: Union Bridge)
  • Creator
  • American
  • Date
  • ca. 1895-1905
  • Identifier
  • 85.4.11
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 85.4.11
  • Description
  • U.S. Engineer Office photograph of the 43rd Street, or Ewalt Street Bridge, spanning the Allegheny River. The wooden covered bridge, built in 1870, connected Butler Plant Road in Millvale to 43rd Street (formerly Ewalt Street) in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville section. The bridge was demolished in 1924 and replaced with the Washington Crossing Bridge at 40th Street. The 43rd Street Bridge was the last covered bridge in Pittsburgh. Note the sign at the top of the portal restricting vehicles to travel at speeds no faster than a walk with a penalty of $5.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • 43rd Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Ewalt Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
    Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Covered bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Toll bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Rivers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Carnegie Museum of Art Collection of Photographs, 1894-1958
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Carnegie Museum of Art Collection of Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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