Title

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

Description

BRIDGES ICE COLLAPSE

note the crowds lining the gorge bank on the left side of the photograph

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=91033

Creator

Smith, Norman S.

Medium

Photograph

Extent

3.5" x 2.5" black & white photograph

Provenance

Carol Cowlishaw

Date

193804

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections

locator

11282i

Rights

From the personal collection of Carol Cowlishaw ; Image may not be reproduced without the express written consent of Carol Cowlishaw ;

Subject

Bridges - Fallsview/Honeymoon/Upper Steel Arch

Niagara River - Ice

Niagara Gorge

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario

number

D11282I

Format

Photograph

Date Created

2003-06-13

Date Modified

2005-03-17