Title

Collapsed Upper Steel Arch /Honeymoon Bridge 1938 - the last section to sink

Description

hand written note on back indicates last section of Falls View Bridge being carried downstream, sunk opposite Sewage Disposal Plant (Seneca St) in 175 ft of water April 1938

en-CA A massive ice jam in January 1938 brought down the Upper Steel Arch Bridge. Traffic on the bridge was halted at 4 a.m. on January 27 and a death watch began. Here we see the last remaining section of the bridge. Bruce Leslie wrote in the Niagara Falls Review "at 9:30 o'clock the whole ice jam surrounding the rest of the wreckage shifted. Huge channels of water appeared ...At about 3:45 o'clock the final section broke away and floated down river...As it floated down river those watching on the gorge bank had to run to keep up with the speed of the river current moving the massive piece of ice which carried what remained of the bridge. It sank into the water opposite Otter Street on the Canadian side and Elmwood Avenue on the American side

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=90788

Medium

Photograph

Extent

5.5" x 3.5" black & white photograph

Provenance

George Bailey

Date

193804

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections

locator

11282a

Rights

From the personal collection of George Bailey ;

Subject

Bridges - Fallsview/Honeymoon/Upper Steel Arch

number

D11282A

Format

Photograph

Date Created

2003-05-20

Date Modified

2005-03-17