The Berlin Iron Bridge Company
Date1878
MediumWood engraving; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 9/16 x 18 11/16in. (19.2 x 47.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 7/16 x 19 15/16in. (21.4 x 50.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 7/16 x 19 15/16in. (21.4 x 50.6cm)
Credit LineGift of Avis and Rockwell Gardiner
DescriptionSide view of a single-span iron bridge with stone abutments spanning a small river.
Object number1976.84.12
InscribedOn recto, upper center, printed in black ink, "The Berlin Iron Bridge Company, / OFFICE AND WORKS, EAST BERLIN, CONN."; lower center, beneath image, printed in black ik, "HIGH TRUSS BRIDGE. / Patented April 16, 1878. and pending."On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number
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