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Title: R.R. bridge by moonlight, Davenport, Iowa, Railroad bridge, Crescent Bridge
Description: Looking southwest at the Crescent Bridge (named simply because it forms a crescent) that carries a rail line across the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, Illinois. It was designed by C.F. Loweth and built in 1900 by the Phoenix Bridge Company. It was owned by the Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway (DRI Line), a joint subsidiary of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. 1912 postmark. Number A-17978.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:16197