Camelback Bridge collection, 1853-2001.

ArchivalResource

Camelback Bridge collection, 1853-2001.

Clippings, correspondence, drawings, maps, plans, photographs, videotapes of meetings, and other documents related to the Illinois Central Railroad right of way and line through Normal, Ill., and the Camelback Bridge over the railroad right of way. Also includes:

1 box.

Related Entities

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Illinois Central Railroad Company

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Phoenix Bridge Company

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The Phoenix Bridge Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on April 2, 1884. For much of its life it ranked among the top five American builders of iron and steel bridges. The enterprise had been founded in 1864 as a spin-off of the Phoenix Iron Company of Phoenixville, Pa., a pioneer in the manufacture of structural iron. The firm was originally known as Kellogg, Clarke & Company, with Thomas Curtis Clarke, a noted bridge builder, as junior partner. The German-born...

Camelback Bridge (Normal, Ill.)

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