National Museum of American History
1300 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Included are over 73 photographs, engravings, and other graphic representations of the more than a dozen bridges that have spanned the Niagara River from 1848 to the present. Also on view is Ellett's iron basket ferry, used in construction of the first bridge. Among the designers and builders of these bridges were such civil engineers as Charles Ellet, Jr., John A. Roebling, and Charles C. Schneider.
Organized by Niagara University of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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