Pecos Viaduct Pecos River High Bridge
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department
- Underwood and Underwood
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- Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection
- Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection / Series 1: Engineering / 1.4: Bridges -- Masonry Aqueducts
- Date
- circa 1891-1892, undated
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.1013, Subseries 1.4.8
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, 1758-1945, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- Documents the construction and completion of the Pecos High Bridge known as the Pecos Viaduct located in Texas. The bridge was intended to solve problems affecting the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railway since its opening in 1883. Construction began in 1891 with images documenting the progress, workers, and completion of the bridge.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
- Record ID
- ebl-1711624801173-1711624804320-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0