Railroad Bridge North Tonawanda, from the series "Bridges-Symbols of Progress"

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Railroad Bridge North Tonawanda, from the series "Bridges-Symbols of Progress"
Railroad Bridge North Tonawanda, from the series "Bridges-Symbols of Progress"
Artist/Maker (American, born 1943)
DateMay 20, 1986
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Credit LineGift of James Class of 1980 and Georganne Garfinkel
Object number1991.133
Not on view
DescriptionThis photograph depicts the CSX Erie Canal Bridge, a Baltimore warren through truss bascule bridge with overhead counterweight over the Barge Canal (Erie Canal) between Tonawanda and North Tonawanda. It was built by the Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois. The length of its largest span is 127 ft. and its total length is 489.9 ft.
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Provenance 1991: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of James and Georganne Garfinkel.
Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER, vol. 1, no. 5, April 1993, "Acquisitions"
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "86-8-1 RR Bridge N Tonawanda 5/20/86 #5/100 c Richard Margolis" on verso at left.
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