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Men lower girder into place for the construction of the Main Avenue Bridge, 1939
Men lower girder into place for the construction of the Main Avenue Bridge, 1939
Identifiermainavebridge072.jpg
TitleMen lower girder into place for the construction of the Main Avenue Bridge, 1939
CreatorBottomer, Fred
DescriptionConstruction of the Main Avenue Bridge. Men are balancing on a steel girder being lowered by a crane as it is put in place. Note: the original photograph is a reverse print.
Original Date1939-05-24
Time PeriodPost-Industrial: 1930-1959
Location DepictedCleveland (Ohio)
SubjectMain Ave. Bridge
Iron & steel workers
Main Avenue Viaduct (Cleveland, Ohio)
Bridge construction
Girders
Hoisting machinery
LC Subject HeadingsMain Avenue Viaduct (Cleveland, Ohio)
ASCE Subject HeadingsGirders
Object Typeblack-and-white photographs
RepositoryCleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
Repository CollectionCleveland Press
Repository Homepagehttp://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/
Digital CollectionBridges
DonorCole, Joseph E.
Copyrighthttp://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/
FormatJpeg
LanguageEnglish
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Entryhttp://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=MAB
Further Readinghttp://hlneogis.ulib.csuohio.edu/chronology.asp?id=CUY0002
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