Saturday, January 16, 2021

Automobiles Crossing the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1920s

The equilibrium exhibited by the suspension bridge design results in one of the most beautiful sights in the built environment. Suspension bridges in America first came to be in the 1840s, the work of Charles Ellet and John Roebling. The bridge across the Ohio at Wheeling was first erected the 1840s, and the photo below dates from the 1920s. A personal story -- every year beginning around a decade ago Ed and I drove to Hershey, PA, in early October. We always stopped in Wheeling on the way back, and once had lunch at the Bridge restaurant a short throw from the scene shown in the photo below. The gritty eatery proved to be most unfriendly. It was a disappointment, and unless new management is in place, I would not recommend it.




 


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