Photograph - Albert Freeland on swing bridge

Name/Title

Photograph - Albert Freeland on swing bridge

Entry/Object ID

2013.12.3

Description

Enlarged reproduction of a black and white photograph of Albert Freeland wearing a suit and tie, standing with one leg up on swing bridge. Capreol, Ontario. Photograph is matted and framed with a short description below the image.

Context

The swing bridge, or Swinging Bridge, in Capreol was constructed about 1939 to connect the East and West banks of the Vermillion River. The west side of Vermillion River was known as the "old sub-diversion". Residents there had no hydro or water service.

Collection

Library Archive

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Capreol, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Notes

Materials: Paper Date: ca. 1940s (?)

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Description mounted below image: Before the swing bridge was constructed, the only means for many to cross the river was a makeshift dangerous floating bridge built with rough planks chained together. (Albert Freeland in photo)

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Category

On display

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number

Other Number

3120

Location

Location

Location

Exhibit Room

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Date

March 10, 2022

Condition

Notes

Digital Copy Only (Matthew Gill 2015)

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 14, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

April 20, 2022