Railroad Bridge Collection

Westminster from a Savoy window, 1925 -1926. Creator: CRW Nevinson
Westminster from a Savoy window, 1925 -1926. A winter view of the River Thames looking south west from an upper window at Savoy Hotel.

The Aberfeldy Branch of the Highland Railway: Strath Tay, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Aberfeldy Branch of the Highland Railway: Strath Tay, [Scottish Highlands], 1865. 'A short branch of the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway has lately been constructed to Aberfeldy

The Aberfeldy Branch of the Highland Railway: the Tummel Viaduct at Logierait, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Aberfeldy Branch of the Highland Railway: the Tummel Viaduct at Logierait, [Scottish Highlands], 1865. 'A short branch of the Inverness

The South-Eastern Railway Company's Works on the River: view from Southwark Bridge..., 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The South-Eastern Railway Company's Works on the River: view from Southwark Bridge, looking east, 1864. 'The Engraving...presents a view of the piles

The War in America: camp of Federal prisoners on Belle Isle, Richmond..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: camp of Federal prisoners on Belle Isle, Richmond - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. '...in Richmond especially the prisons are full to overflowing...the

The Charing-Cross Railway: covered way leading to the platform, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Charing-Cross Railway: covered way leading to the platform, 1864. In no part of London has a greater improvement been made than upon the spot where Hungerford Market once stood

The Charing-Cross Railway: temporary entrance to the station from Villiers-Street, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Charing-Cross Railway: temporary entrance to the station from Villiers-Street, [London], 1864. The temporary entrance to the station will hereafter serve only for empty cabs

The Valparaiso and Santiago Railway: the Maquis Viaduct, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Valparaiso and Santiago Railway: the Maquis Viaduct, 1864. Engraving from a drawing by Mr. Boulet, of...one of the highest railways in the world

Railroad bridge over the Shuya River, 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Railroad bridge over the Shuya River, 1915

Viaduct over the Taptee, for the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Viaduct over the Taptee, near Surat, for the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, 1862. This line, one of the most important of our Indian railways...is destined to carry to Bombay the produce

The Albert Edward Bridge of the Coalbrookdale Railway over the Severn, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Albert Edward Bridge of the Coalbrookdale Railway over the Severn, [Shropshire], 1864. Engraving...from an excellent photograph taken by Mr. W

T.V.R.R. Bridge, head of Fox Gulch, 1916. Creator: Frank G. Carpenter
T.V.R.R. Bridge, head of Fox Gulch, 1916

Irkutsk Railway bridge over the Irkut River, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk Railway bridge over the Irkut River, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Side view of the railroad bridge being built across the Tobol River, Yalutorovsk, 1912

Eastern Siberia City of Irkutsk Railway Bridge over the Irkut River, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Eastern Siberia City of Irkutsk Railway Bridge over the Irkut River, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Tarradale Viaduct, on the Melbourne and Sandhurst Railway, Australia, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Tarradale [sic] Viaduct, on the Melbourne and Sandhurst Railway, Australia, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Morris and Co. of Elizabeth-street, Melbourne

The War in Denmark: ruins of the Langaa Railway Bridge, in Jutland, lately destroyed by... 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: ruins of the Langaa Railway Bridge, in Jutland, lately destroyed by the Prussians, 1864. The most uncivilised thing the Prussians have done in Jutland is the blowing up of

A Bridge, 1 Sazhen in Width, and Underpass at Verst 12, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
A Bridge, 1 Sazhen in Width, and Underpass at Verst 12, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction

Scene of the late accident on the North London Railway, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the late accident at the Camden-road station of the North London Railway, 1864. Our Illustration...shows the place where the engine and tender

Drainage Work near a Railroad Bridge, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Drainage Work near a Railroad Bridge, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of

The Charing-Cross railway station, as seen from the river, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Charing-Cross railway station, as seen from the river [Thames, London], 1864. This magnificent structure, with a semicircular roof of iron and glass

West-Siberian Railroad. Bridge of 100 Sazhens Length Across the Ishim River, 1892-1896. Creator: Unknown
West-Siberian Railroad. Bridge of 100 Sazhens Length Across the Ishim River, 1892-1896. From an album of 50 photographs in the Collection of Documentary Materials on the History of the West-Siberian

West Siberian Railroad. Building the Bridge Over the Ob River, 1892-1896. Creator: Unknown
West Siberian Railroad. Building the Bridge Over the Ob River, 1892-1896. From an album of 50 photographs in the Collection of Documentary Materials on the History of the West-Siberian Railroad

West Siberian Railroad. Building the Bridge Over the Ob River, 1892-1896. Creator: Unknown
West Siberian Railroad. Building the Bridge Over the Ob River, 1892-1896. From an album of 50 photographs in the Collection of Documentary Materials on the History of the West-Siberian Railroad

West Siberian Railroad. Bridge Over the Ob River. 360 Sazhens (0.5 Mile) Long. Main View, 1892-1896 Creator: Unknown
West Siberian Railroad. Bridge Over the Ob River. 360 Sazhens (0.5 Mile) Long. Main View, 1892-1896. From an album of 50 photographs in the Collection of Documentary Materials on the History of

West-Siberian Railroad. Testing the First Section of the Bridge Across the Irtysh River, 1892-1896. Creator: Unknown
West-Siberian Railroad. Testing the First Section of the Bridge Across the Irtysh River, 1892-1896. From an album of 50 photographs in the Collection of Documentary Materials on the History of

West-Siberian Railroad. Bridge Across the Ob River. Examination of a Sag Using... 1892-1896. Creator: Unknown
West-Siberian Railroad. Bridge Across the Ob River. Examination of a Sag Using the Frenkel Apparatus, 1892-1896. From an album of 50 photographs in the Collection of Documentary Materials

Railroad bridge across Kumsa River near the Medvezhya Gora Station, 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Railroad bridge across Kumsa River near the Medvezhya Gora Station, 1915

Yuryuzan Bridge with excavation, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Yuryuzan Bridge with excavation, 1910

Railway Bridge for India: the Pier Frames, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Railway Bridge for India: the Pier Frames, 1858....the Keeal and Huttohur Bridges, which have just been constructed for the East Indian Railway Company by Messrs

Span of Railway Bridge for India, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Span of Railway Bridge for India, 1858....the Keeal and Huttohur Bridges...have just been constructed for the East Indian Railway Company by Messrs

Steam locomotive approaching a bridge, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Steam locomotive approaching a bridge, 1858. From "Illustrated London News", 1858

Triumphal Arch on the Alexandra Railway Bridge at Wuzeerabad...1876. Creator: Unknown
Triumphal Arch on the Alexandra Railway Bridge at Wuzeerabad, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The Prince [of Wales

The Prince of Wales riveting the last bolt of the Alexandra Railway Bridge in the Punjaub...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales riveting the last bolt of the Alexandra Railway Bridge in the Punjaub, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876

Bridge & Workers (Pont De La Mulatiere), Printed 1856 circa. Creator: Edouard Baldus
Bridge & Workers (Pont De La Mulatiere), Printed 1856 circa

Arrival of the first train of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad at James Town... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of the first train of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad at James Town from New York, 1860....the line just opened [supplies] an immediate connected highway from the chief emporium of

Niagara Rapids and Michigan Central Cantilever bridge, c1900. Creator: William H. Jackson
Niagara Rapids and Michigan Central Cantilever bridge, c1900

Eau Claire from the railroad bridge, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Eau Claire from the railroad bridge, between 1880 and 1899

The First Passenger Train Over the White Pass and Yukon Route to Klondike in Pursuit of Gold, c1900 Creator: A.E. Huitt
The First Passenger Train Over the White Pass and Yukon Route to Klondike in Pursuit of Gold, c1900. For some months past rumour had been whispering of the discovery of an enormously rich gold-field

Viaduct on the Madras Railway across the River Poiney, in Arcot, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Viaduct on the Madras Railway across the River Poiney, in Arcot, 1857. The handsome structure...has been built by the Madras Railway Company for carrying their line over the River Poiney

The Valparaiso and Santiago Railway - Bridge at Valparaiso, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Valparaiso and Santiago Railway - Bridge at Valparaiso, 1856. This portion of a very difficult and expensive line embraces three miles and a half along the coast

Niagara, mills and Grand Trunk (i.e. Upper Steel Arch) Bridge, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown
Niagara, mills and Grand Trunk (i.e. Upper Steel Arch) Bridge, ca 1900

Black River Falls, Wisconsin, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Black River Falls, Wisconsin, between 1880 and 1899

Black River Falls, Wis. railroad crossing, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Black River Falls, Wis. railroad crossing, between 1880 and 1899

Ableman's Narrows, railroad crossing, c1898. Creator: Unknown
Ableman's Narrows, railroad crossing, c1898

Iron Mountains & water gap near Clifton Forge, Clifton Forge, Va. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Iron Mountains & water gap near Clifton Forge, Clifton Forge, Va. between 1900 and 1910

Wisconsin River near Merrimac, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Wisconsin River near Merrimac, between 1880 and 1899

Geneva, Ill. from above railway bridge, c1898. Creator: Unknown
Geneva, Ill. from above railway bridge, c1898

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"Journey through Time: Captivating Railroad Bridges Around the World" The railway bridge in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany stands tall as a historic landmark, taking us back to the 1890s with its digitally restored reproduction of a photochromic print. La Polvorilla, an iconic railroad bridge near San Antonio de los Cobres in the Altiplano region of Argentina, leaves visitors awe-inspired by its grandeur and significance. Fort Lauderdale's Riverwalk is adorned with a magnificent Railroad Bridge over the New River in Florida, serving as a testament to both modern engineering and historical charm. Downtown Denver boasts a bustling scene where housing, offices, and commuter trains converge on an impressive railroad bridge that connects communities while showcasing Colorado's urban vibrancy. Andreas Feininger's lens captured the open-pit workings of Utah Copper Company at Bingham Canyon in 1942 from "G" bridge—an extraordinary perspective revealing both industrial might and natural beauty. Carr Fork Canyon unfolds majestically beneath another view from "G" bridge at Bingham Copper Mine in Utah—a striking portrayal of nature's resilience amidst human endeavors during Andreas Feininger's photographic exploration. Witnessing the vastness of Utah Copper Company's open-pit mine workings at Carr Fork in Bingham Canyon through Andreas Feininger's lens transports us to 1942—a captivating glimpse into America’s mining heritage. In California, USA lies an old railroad bridge gracefully crossing the North Fork of the American River—its weathered structure narrating tales of transportation history against breathtaking natural surroundings. As winter blankets landscapes with snowflakes glistening like diamonds under clear skies, trains traverse across snowy tracks on picturesque railroad bridges—creating enchanting scenes straight out of storybooks.