Item 1 - Cataraqui Bridge.

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Cataraqui Bridge.

Level of description

Item

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • [ca. 1900] (Creation)

Physical description area

Physical description

  • 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 19.9 cm.
  • 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm.

Archival description area

Name of creator

(n.d.)

Scope and content

Photo of the Cataraqui Bridge ca. early 1900's looking towards Kingston. Photo shows telephone poles across the bridge.

Notes area

Immediate source of acquisition

Received from the Metropolitan Toronto Library Board.

Restrictions on access

Open

General note

Built by the Cataraqui Bridge Co. The wooden bridge supported on stone piers opened in the summer of 1829. Also known as the old 'Penny Bridge'. This was replaced by the LaSalle Causeway in 1916.

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Status

Final

Level of detail

Full

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Description created 8/29/2002.

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  • Folder: V23 Bri-Cat-1