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14th Street Viaduct

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Call NumberX-18050SummaryPedestrians, horse drawn carriages and bicyclists cross over Cherry Creek via the completed 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Hotel Topsy Turvy", "Art Metal and Bui?", "Stone Saw Mill", "Moore Hardware and Iron Company", "Wagon Woodstock", "Hardware Lumber, Heavy Hardware", "Star Tobacco". An awning in front of a local business reads "Denver Wire & Iron Works". The viaduct began at 14th and Wazee and ended at 14th and Platte Street. It was later replaced by Speer Boulevard. Construction on the viaduct began in 1897 and was completed in 1899.Physical Description1 copy negative ; 10 X 13 cm (4 X 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 11 1/2 X 16 cm (4 1/2 X 6 1/2 in.) on album page 17 X 29 cm (7 X 11 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--19th centuryBridge construction--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryBridges--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryStreams--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryStreets--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710018050Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC Photo Album 167. Denver Streets, 14th Street Viaduct constructionNotesFormerly F41728; On verso of album page: X-18051; Title supplied. R7100180500

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