File:Erection of the west and center arches of the Eads Bridge, view looking northeast, September 1873.jpg
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English: Erection of the west and center arches of the Eads Bridge, view looking northeast from Wharf Street (Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard). As early as 1849, some business leaders sensed that St. Louis would lose its prominence as a commercial center if depended primarily on steamboat freight. They began to call for a railroad bridge that would span the Mississippi River at St. Louis.
The bridge's designer, James Eads, had previously worked as a salvage diver, harvesting freight and materials from shipwrecks along the Mississippi River. Though he had never desigend a bridge before, Eads used his underwater experience to inform the design and construction of the bridge. Eads invented a waterproof chamber that would deliver oxygen to men who were working below water on the east abutment and the piers. The chamber became a curiosity that attracted tourists and locals to the construction site. Despite the chamber's success, 119 workers got "the “bends," a painful and potentially fatal problem that occurs when bubbles form in the bloodstream. Fourteen men perished during construction of the bridge. Title: Erection of the west and center arches of the Eads Bridge, view looking northeast, September 1873. |
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Missouri History Museum URL: http://images.mohistory.org/image/AA434634-E3E4-FE6D-6E26-C06E98CCEC85/original.jpg Gallery: http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/141736 |
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| Identifier | N13755 |
| Part of | Eads Bridge Construction |
| Subjects | horizontal black and white outdoors Downtown (Saint Louis, MO) Wharf Street Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard Mississippi River Eads Bridge (Saint Louis, Mo.) riverfront Building St. Louis Views and River Scenes levee Wharves Transportation Waterfronts Public architecture |
| Resource | 141736 |
| GUID | AA434634-E3E4-FE6D-6E26-C06E98CCEC85 |
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