Title

Merchants Bridge and the paddle steamer 'Spread Eagle', St Louis, Missouri, USA, 1908. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Merchants Bridge and the paddle steamer 'Spread Eagle', St Louis, Missouri, USA, 1908. Vintage postcard. Merchants Bridge is a steel truss railway bridge crossing the Mississippi River that opened in 1889.
Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Date

2009

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Reference

HRM19D83_248

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,0Mb (3,8Mb) / 15,7in x 9,9in / 4697 x 2978 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation river water building buildings boat boats country bridge geography railway color colour paddle steamer location century Missouri st louis Mississippi civil engineering riverbank river boat steamboat railway bridge United States of America United States 19th century water transport 1900s 20th century nineteenth century American America USA geographical feature paddle wheel River Mississippi TGN postcard Curt Teich Postcard Archives Unknown truss bridge Merchants Bridge postcard