Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge
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English: Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge was a railway suspension bridge once standing 2.5 miles below Niagara Falls from 1855 to 1897.
中文(中国大陆):尼亚加拉吊桥是座铁路吊桥,从1855到1897年位于尼亚加拉瀑布下游2.5英里。
中文(臺灣):尼亞加拉吊橋是座鐵路吊橋,從1855到1897年位於尼亞加拉瀑布下游2.5英里。
日本語: ナイアガラフォールズ 吊り橋は1855から1897まで、ナイアガラの滝の下流の2.5マイルであった。
People associated with the bridge
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Portrait of William Hamilton Merritt (entrepreneur)
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Charles Ellet, Jr. (engineer)
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John Augustus Roebling (engineer)
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William Hamilton Merritt
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More realistic portrait of John A. Roebling
Photos of the bridge
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Iron basket used by Ellet to cross the river in 1848
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Patent for part of the process used in building this bridge
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Bridge in Winter 1855
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A locomotive crosses the bridge
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Bridge from the Canadian side in 1869
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Maria Spelterini crosses a tightrope in front of the bridge
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View of the bridge taken from a building
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A view of the bridge from the Whirlpool Rapids
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Closer look at the trusses and stays of the bridge
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Bridge after 1886
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Panoramic view of the post-1886 bridge
Dismantling of the bridge
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Far view of the works
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Workers riveting the steel arches
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Supports are set up
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Work starts on the arches
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Extending over the river
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Meeting in the middle
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Top view
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Suspension cables taken down
Artwork associated with the bridge
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The kite-flying competition
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The Maid of the Mist
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A colored lithograph of the bridge, c. 1876
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Lithograph of the footbridge that existed before the final suspension bridge
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Advertisement for the bridge by the Great Western Railway
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A lithograph of a full view of the bridge
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Advertisement brochure, 18881
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A drawing of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, 1894
Pictures on the bridge
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Upper deck on 1869
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Lower deck after 1886
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Entrance to the lower deck
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Railway track on the upper deck
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Painting of the Niagara Falls view from the top deck