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GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM WEST SHORE. - Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S. Route 40, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
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GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM WEST SHORE. - Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S. Route 40, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Description
Ellet, Charles; Dickinson, Joseph; McComas, William H; Lawson, Joseph; Roebling, Washington A; Morris, Scott, transmitter; DeBoer, Ruth, transmitter; Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Depicted place West Virginia; Ohio County; Wheeling
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER WVA,35-WHEEL,35-56
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1849, it was often called the father of modern American suspension bridges. In 1969 it was designated an ASCE National Engineering Landmark, and a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1976. The Wheeling Bridge is perhaps the most important extant antebellum civil engineering structure in North America.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-24
  • Survey number: HAER WV-2
  • Building/structure dates: 1848-1849 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1854-1860 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1886 Subsequent Work
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 70000662.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wv0117.photos.173591p
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