Poughkeepsie Bridge, Spanning Hudson River, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, NY

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27 b&w photos
2 data pages
3 photo caption pages
4 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Poughkeepsie Bridge, Spanning Hudson River, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, NY

CALL NUMBER:
HAER NY,14-POKEP,8-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 27 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 3
Color Transparencies: 4

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER NY-131

Building/structure dates: 1889 initial construction

Significance: Major 19th century cantilever bridge, located at an important crossing of the Hudson.

SUBJECTS:
NEW YORK--Dutchess County--Poughkeepsie
railroad bridges
cantilevers

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ny1265

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. OVERALL VIEW LOOKING DOWNSTREAM WITH EASTERN SHORE OF HUDSON IN BACKGROUND
2. OVERALL VIEW LOOKING DOWNSTREAM WITH WESTERN SHORE OF HUDSON RIVER IN BACKGROUND
3. OVERALL VIEW LOOKING WEST WITH EASTERN SHORE APPROACH TRESTLE IN FOREGROUND
4. DETAIL VIEW LOOKING DOWNSTREAM OF THE EASTERN SHORE CANTILEVER SPAN
5. DETAIL VIEW LOOKING DOWNSTREAM OF EASTERN ANCHOR SPAN
6. DETAIL VIEW LOOKING DOWNSTREAM OF CENTRAL CANTILEVER SPAN
7. DETAIL VIEW LOOKING DOWNSTREAM OF WESTERN ANCHOR SPAN
8. DETAIL VIEW OF WESTERN HALF OF BRIDGE LOOKING OBLIQUELY DOWNSTREAM
9. DETAIL VIEW OF CENTRAL CANTILEVER SPAN LOOKING UPSTREAM
10. DETAIL VIEW OF EASTERN ANCHOR SPAN LOOKING OBLIQUELY UPSTREAM
11. DETAIL VIEW OF EASTERN SHORE ARM LOOKING UPSTREAM 12. 'BARREL SHOT' OF BRIDGE DECK LOOKING EAST
13. DETAIL VIEW OF BRIDGE DECK LOOKING WEST
14. SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE AS SEEN FROM WEST BANK, MID-HUDSON BRIDGE IN FOREGROUND
15. SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE AS SEEN FROM WEST BANK
16. SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE AS SEEN FROM EAST BANK
17. PARTIAL VIEW OF SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE AS SEEN FROM EAST BANK
18. A CENTER SPAN, SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE
19. OBLIQUE VIEW OF A CENTER SPAN, SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING EAST
20. OBLIQUE VIEW OF SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST
21. DETAIL OF SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE, EAST BANK
22. DETAIL OF BRIDGE AND BASE, EAST BANK
23. DETAIL OF BRIDGE, EAST BANK
24. DETAIL OF NORTH SIDE OF BRIDGE, EAST BANK
25. NORTH SIDE OF BRIDGE, FROM WEST BANK
26. PARTIAL VIEW OF NORTH SIDE OF BRIDGE, FROM WEST BANK
27. DETAIL OF BRIDGE SPAN, LOOKING SOUTH FROM WEST BANK
SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE AS SEEN FROM WEST BANK
SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE AS SEEN FROM EAST BANK
PARTIAL VIEW OF SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE AS SEEN FROM EAST BANK
TOWER DETAIL, POUGHKEEPSIE SIDE

CONTROL #:
NY1265

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