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Title: Raccoon River, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at the Raccoon River which was first documented on the 1814 map by Lewis and Clark. It is a 30.8 mile long tributary of the Des Moines River. It flows generally eastward into Polk County, and joins the Des Moines River just south of downtown Des Moines and is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16858

Title: Railroad bridge, across the Des Moines River, Boone, Iowa, Centerville Bridge
Description: We believe this is not the Kate Shelley bridge as written on the card (search for Kate Shelley High Bridge), but the Centerville Bridge which can be seen from the Kate Shelley Bridge. Looking north at a Lost Pratt through bridge built in 1896 by George E. King Bridge Co. of Des Moines, Iowa, and the King Iron Bridge Co., of Cleveland, OH. It was replaced in 1922 by a new bridge downstream. The bridge is no longer standing. The postcard reads "Magazines and newspapers of all nations have published the story of Kate Shelly's heroism that dark and stormy night in July, when, a girl of only fourteen years, she crossed the old wooden structure, since replaced by the above steel bridge, on hands and knees, during the violent storm then raging, the river at the time being much higher than shown in this picture, nearly reaching the ties." --t.p. 1912 postmark. Copyright 1903.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13431

Title: Rock Island Flyer crossing bridge, Atlantic, Iowa, Nishnabotna River
Description: Train crossing a bridge on the East Nishnabotna River. 1910 postmark. Number 13.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13682

Title: Scene in Birdland Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking at a bridge on the Des Moines River from Birdland Drive on the west end of Birdland Park. Prior to its acquisition around 1924 as a public park, Birdland Park was known as the Bird tract, after the family who owned it. It is located north of downtown Des Moines within the boundaries of the Union Park Neighborhood. Located at 2100 Saylor Road, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1906 postmark. Number 7.
Date Created: 1906
PID: grinnell:16160

Title: Scenic view of the Mississippi and bridges, Clinton, Iowa, Clinton-Illinois Wagon Bridge, Clinton High Bridge, Clinton Bridge, Clinton Railroad Bridge, Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Bridge, Mississippi River
Description: The Clinton-Illinois Wagon Bridge in the foreground was a cantilever through truss bridge built in 1892 and "lost" in 1956. It was built by Clinton Bridge & Iron Works. The Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Bridge in the background was a truss bridge that opened in 1909 and still carries approximately 50 trains a day from the Union Pacific Railroad. The cost of erecting the bridge was one million dollars plus. It was built by Detroit Bridge Company. 1954 postmark. Series 6A-H1669.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:13380

Title: Second Avenue Bridge, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2nd Avenue Bridge, Cedar River, Red Cedar River
Description: Looking north at the Second Avenue Bridge over the Cedar River. The open-spandrel arch bridge was built in 1906 by the Marsh Bridge Company of Des Moines, Iowa, and reconstructed in 1965. Number 22207.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14116

Title: Sixth Avenue Bridge, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: The closed-spandrel arch bridge on Sixth Avenue was designed by Edwin Thatcher from New York and built in 1907. In 1965 it collapsed due to bad infrastructure and was replaced in 1966. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14598

Title: Sixth Avenue Bridge, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: The closed-spandrel arch bridge on Sixth Avenue was designed by Edwin Thatcher from New York and built in 1907. In 1965 it collapsed due to bad infrastructure and was replaced in 1966. 1909 postmark. Number 563.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18817

Title: Sixth Avenue Bridge, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: The closed-spandrel arch bridge on Sixth Avenue was designed by Edwin Thatcher from New York and built in 1907. In 1965 it collapsed due to bad infrastructure and was replaced in 1966. 1916 postmark.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:16132

Title: Skunk River, Colfax, Iowa
Description: A peaceful day on the Skunk River near Colfax, Iowa. The Skunk River in Iowa is about 265 miles long and flows parallel to the Iowa River and the Des Moines River. Number 9477.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14427