Workmen adjust a pulley and rope system attached to a long wooden pole embedded into a dry part of Cherry Creek, possibly a support system. Other men stand on the support beams and the rock wall. Bridges for the Denver & Rio Grande and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad lines are in the background. The viaduct began at 14th and Wazee and ended at 14th and Platte Street. It was later replaced by Speer Boulevard.
Description
1 photoprint ; 11 1/2 x 19 1/2 cm. (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.) on album page 17 x 29 cm. (7 x 11 in.)
Is Part Of
C Photo Album 167. Denver Streets, 14th Street Viaduct construction.
Subject
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--19th century; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--19th century; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--19th century; Denver (Colo.)--19th century; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--19th century; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--19th century; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--19th century; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--19th century; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--19th century; Streets--Colorado--Denver--19th century
Geographic Area
Denver (Colo.)
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710018032
Notes
On verso of album page: X-18031; Title supplied.; R7100180322
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