Whirlpool Rapids (N.Y. and Ont.)
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
1848 Bridge and Whirpool, 1848-1942
Photos of the rapids at the bottom of the falls and prints of bridges
Bartlett's, 1837 - 1839
Prints by W.H. Bartlett illustrating Niagara Falls and its vicinity, #131 - #135 (reprints). Includes oversized materials.
Bridges - 100th Anniversary of 1st Bridge (at Whirlpool), 1948
Programs, scripts, brochures, postcards related to the 100th anniversary of the first international suspension bridge, the Roebling's Suspension bridge
Bridges - Michigan Central, 1925 - 2002
Photographs of the Michigan Central Railroad Bridge (also known as the Canada Southern Railroad Bridge) over the Whirlpool Rapids includes construction shots and index of new donation of photographs from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
Bridges - Railway Suspension, 1848
Photographs of the early engraving of the first whirlpool rapids bridge at Niagara Falls in 1848 shows the Niagara Frontier as a wilderness.
Bridges - Whirlpool - 100th Anniv., 1997
Program for the 100th Anniversary of the Niagara Rail Arch bridge, renamed the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, which replaced the original Roebling's Suspension Bridge (1848-1897)
Bridges - Whirlpool- 1897-, 1981-2003
Information about the Whirlpool Bridge, Suspension Bridge, and the "harmonic vibration phenomena"
Bridges: Whirlpool, Cantilever, Lower Arch, Michigan Central NG, 1967 - 1990
Photographs of the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, a drawing of the Cantilever Bridge, construction on the Lower Arch Bridge, and the Michigan Central Railway Bridge
Buttery Elevator, 1975-1904, undated
Book on the history of John Milton Buttery and the Buttery Elevator at the Whirlpool Rapids and original documents related to the elevator [originals and photocopies]
Buttery Elevator
Handwritten timeline on the Buttery Elevator's history [originals]