1951
Photo provided by the United State Geolical Survey
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BH Photo #276282
Lecompton-Perry Bridge Scenes from the public-domain film "Carnival Of Souls" featuring the Lecompton-Perry Bridge |
Mr. Winslow is correct. Photo # 3 should be placed under the Massachusetts Street Bridge listing.
Photo's #1 and #2 are Lecompton Bridge, but Photo #3 is looking south at Bowersock Mill, which was downstream in Lawrence and should be put in that entry, if possible. I believe the truss bridge in Lawrence was the second structure over the river there. Correct me if I'm wrong.
The postcard in photo #2 is labeled as being in LeCompton, but it appears to depict the Bowersock Mills area in Lawrence. Could the postcard company have made a mistake?
Photos of this bridge have been hard to come by. But I did see various articles in Google News archives from the Lawrence Journal-World. Apparently, it was so unsafe for commercial vehicles by 1965, that kids were dropped off, and had to walk over the bridge between buses.
This bridge was prominently featured in the movie "Carnival of Souls" shortly before being demolished.
Oops! Forgot to post video as public! fixed now and can be watched.