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Bulkeley Bridge construction: setting stones on arches, East Hartford.

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Title	Bulkeley Bridge construction: setting stones on arches, East Hartford.
Place	Bulkeley Bridge (Conn.) Hartford (Conn.) Connecticut River
Topic	Bridges -- Design and construction Granite Rivers
Theme	Infrastructure Livelihood
Description	Four large cranes on platforms supported by pilings are being used to place blocks of Stony Creek granite on three of the arches of the Bulkeley Bridge. Hooks and pulleys hang from the cranes. Temporary wooden centering spans support the stones. Ladders lead from the platforms to the tops of the arches. One of the Leete's Island granite piers is at the left. Trees and construction sheds are on the shore. The temporary iron bridge is in the background. The Connecticut River is in the foreground.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. After the temporary wooden bridge replacing the Hartford covered bridge was swept away by freshets in 1895 and 1896, the Berlin Iron Bridge Company constructed a new temporary iron bridge. The temporary iron bridge was begun May 4, 1896 and opened for travel on June 12, 1896. The Bulkeley Bridge has concrete foundations. From the foundation to the springing line of the arches, it is built of Leete's Island granite. The remainder of the structure is built of Stony Creek granite. Both the Leete's Island quarry and the Stony Creek quarry are in Branford. 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.
Date created	[ca. 1904]
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 18 x 24 cm.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number X.2000.21.16 File name 0534 img0087.pcd
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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