Quebec Bridge Photograph Collection

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Quebec Bridge Photograph Collection

1905-1986; bulk 1905-1916

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep87b51becf-1e0e-417b-80c4-79ab4bdf13b0

The collection documents the construction of the first and second Quebec Bridges over the St. Lawrence River. Construction on the first bridge began in 1900 and the bridge collapsed before completion in 1907. Construction on the second Quebec Bridge, which is the longest cantilever bridge in the world, was completed in 1917.

0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 1 oversized folder)

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11663196

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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Quebec Bridge Company

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Enterline, Stevenson

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Eney, William J. (William Joseph)

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Professor William J. Eney, Lehigh University MS '38, was a distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering at Lehigh University, head of the Civil Engineering Department, and at the same time was head of the Fritz Engineering Laboratory 1952-1962. He came to Lehigh in 1936 and received his Master of Science degree from Lehigh in 1938 and continued in the department eventually becoming head of both the Department and Fritz Engineering Laboratory. With the help of Bethlehem Steel Corporation, he desi...