Texas Sky
The toll collection building at the Waco Suspension Bridge set against a swirling Texas sky.
Built in 1869 and spanning 475 ft., the Waco Suspension Bridge was one of the largest suspension bridges in the world at its completion. Thomas M. Griffith, a civil engineer from New York, was hired for the project and he commissioned the cables and steelwork from John A. Roebling and Son, of Trenton, NJ, the company that later built the Brooklyn Bridge.
The bridge was the only crossing of the Brazos River, a major obstacle on the burgeoning Chisholm Trail. At 5¢ a head for cattle, the $141,000 cost was quickly recouped.
Originally shot on B&W negative film.
The toll collection building at the Waco Suspension Bridge set against a swirling Texas sky.
Built in 1869 and spanning 475 ft., the Waco Suspension Bridge was one of the largest suspension bridges in the world at its completion. Thomas M. Griffith, a civil engineer from New York, was hired for the project and he commissioned the cables and steelwork from John A. Roebling and Son, of Trenton, NJ, the company that later built the Brooklyn Bridge.
The bridge was the only crossing of the Brazos River, a major obstacle on the burgeoning Chisholm Trail. At 5¢ a head for cattle, the $141,000 cost was quickly recouped.
Originally shot on B&W negative film.
The toll collection building at the Waco Suspension Bridge set against a swirling Texas sky.
Built in 1869 and spanning 475 ft., the Waco Suspension Bridge was one of the largest suspension bridges in the world at its completion. Thomas M. Griffith, a civil engineer from New York, was hired for the project and he commissioned the cables and steelwork from John A. Roebling and Son, of Trenton, NJ, the company that later built the Brooklyn Bridge.
The bridge was the only crossing of the Brazos River, a major obstacle on the burgeoning Chisholm Trail. At 5¢ a head for cattle, the $141,000 cost was quickly recouped.
Originally shot on B&W negative film.