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Locust Street Bridge and Municipal Building, Des Moines, Iowa
Title
Locust Street Bridge and Municipal Building, Des Moines, Iowa, Walnut Street Bridge, Des Moines River, Des Moines City Hall
Description
Looking southwest at the three-story Beaux Arts style Municipal Building and the Walnut Street Bridge from the Locust Street Bridge. The Des Moines City Hall building (Municipal Building) was designed by Proudfoot and Bird and built by Charles Weitz's Sons Construction Company of Des Moines in 1911. The Walnut Street Bridge is a closed-spandrel arch bridge which was built in 1911 by John Wheeler Construction Company of Geneva, Illinois. Its total length is 503.3 feet. Number 14476. Series 15.
Date Created
1910
PID
grinnell:18778
River front showing New Locust Street Bridge and Municipal Building, Des Moines, Iowa
Title
River front showing New Locust Street Bridge and Municipal Building, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines River, Des Moines City Hall, Walnut Street Bridge
Description
Looking southwest at the three-story Beaux Arts style Municipal Building and the Walnut Street Bridge from the Locust Street Bridge. The Des Moines City Hall building (Municipal Building) was designed by Proudfoot and Bird and built by Charles Weitz's Sons Construction Company of Des Moines in 1911. The Walnut Street Bridge is a closed-spandrel arch bridge which was built in 1911 by John Wheeler Construction Company of Geneva, Illinois. Its total length is 503.3 feet. 1913 postmark. Number 6420.
Date Created
1913
PID
grinnell:18783
Sixth Avenue Bridge, Des Moines, Iowa
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
Sixth Avenue Bridge, Des Moines, Iowa
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
Sixth Avenue Bridge, Des Moines, Iowa
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