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New Stone Arch Bridge, Hartford, Connecticut.
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Title
New
Stone
Arch
Bridge
,
Hartford
,
Connecticut
.
Creator
Weller, Robert.
Place
Hartford (Conn.)
Bulkeley Bridge (Conn.)
Connecticut River
Topic
Bridges -- Design and construction
Rivers
Boats and boating
Sailboats
Steamboats
Theme
Infrastructure
Description
Advertisement
for the
projected
Connecticut
River
bridge
between
Hartford
and
East
Hartford
. The
bridge
is
shown
as if
completed
with
trolley
cars
and
horse-drawn
vehicles
on
it
.
Steamboats
and
sailing
vessels
are on the
river
. The
Hartford
skyline
is
in the
background
.
Letterpress
text
reads
: "
New
Stone
Arch
Bridge
,
/
Hartford
,
Connecticut
/
Length
,
1280
feet
-
Width
,
80
feet
/
Estimated
cost
-
$1,500,000
/
Cost
of
approaches
-
$750,000
/
Time
consumed
in
building
,
four
years.
"
Portraits
of
two
men
are
inset
.
One
has a
mustache
.
Letterpress
texts
read
: "
Thomas
Hocking
/
Superintendent
of
Granite
Cutting
" "
George
W
.
Blethen
/
Draftsman.
"<br>
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
. <br>
Construction
of the
new
stone
arch
Bulkeley
Bridge
by
McMullin
,
Weand
&
McDermott
began
early
in
1904
and
continued
until
the
December
1907
when
the
bridge
opened
to
trolley
traffic
and the
general
public
. <br>
Date created
1904
Physical format
1
photomechanical
reproduction
;
24
x
32
cm
.<br>
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
X.2000.21.9
<br>
File
name
0534
img0068.pcd
<br>
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
.
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
, The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
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