Builders Of Bridges - 1928 Bridge Construction Educational Documentary Bridge construction over the Columbia River during the late 1920's. The massive steel bridge linked the States of Washington and Oregon. Video courtesy of Ella73TV2 on YouTube | |
Builders of Bridges (Replaces the copy removed by YT) This is a 1928 one-reel B&W silent. These were shown before the feature presentation along with other shorts like cartoons, comedies, newsreels, and novelty shorts. About ten minutes of workers high in the air setting steel and rivets on this bridge. Some great footage of construction methods for large spans. Filler in the last three minutes showing mountain scenes with time lapse clouds. Prelinger Archive at archive.org--Public Domain |
Glad to see someone has finally devoted the time to getting good shots of this giant truss. Nice photo documentation!
Good work Royce!
WOW!! what an interesting structure!! I don't live anywhere near the pacific northwest (midwest actually) but "bridge of the gods" can also be taken as a compliment to the beautiful complexity of this span...
Whoever shot these photos was speeding, according to the sign!
Based on the photos at Bridgehunter you might not realize this, but you can walk on this bridge, and if you have an appreciation for the details of a historic bridge it is well worth it. There is a small parking lot on the Washington end of the bridge. Park there and walk. I did a complete walkthrough photo-documentation of this bridge which will eventually be added to HistoricBridges.org.