Item — Box: 5.b, Folder: 40
Delaware Aqueduct (Side),, (circa 1934)
Dates
- (circa 1934)
Scope and Contents
Image Number: (75.b)
8" x 10"
On verso: "Deleware (sic) Aqueduct
Built by John A. Roebling in 1847-48 to carry the Delaware and Hudson Canal across the Delaware River approx. 12 miles N.W. of Port Jervis N.Y. Used today as a Highway Bridge (1934). 4-134 ft. Suspension Spans. No Stiffening Truss. Main Cables; each 7 strands of 236 wires (iron). Diam. Each wire .148 in. Oldest Multiple Span Suspension Bridge in America still in service." Written in black ink
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
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