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Source Collection
Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0475.66884_02.011
Description
Copy photograph of the collapsed wooden falsework at Pier IV of the Harahan Bridge being constructed over the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee, in December 1915. The river washed away the span from Piers III-IV on December 24, delaying construction and forcing a redesign of the span. The bridge opened on July 14, 1916. A second photograph of the damage is included.
Date Created
2021
Date
1915 December
Recommended Citation
"Harahan Bridge construction, 1915" (2021). Memphis. 103.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar5/103
Harahan Bridge wreckage at Pier IV, December 24, 1915
Keywords
Bridges--Tennessee--Memphis.
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