Name/Title
Interurban Bridges & Overpasses Photos (12).c. 1990sEntry/Object ID
P2019.43.21Description
Interurban Bridges & Overpasses Photos c. 1990s. Photos of metal bridges and arched concrete overpasses remnants of the Kansas City, Clay County & St. Joseph Railway in the collection of Ed Gentry. Most are unidentified.
A = Sharp's Station Bridge over Platte River, Taken in winter with snow on ground. Metal superstructure, Sign "Weight Limit 32 tons". View from river bank showing most of the span. Legend: "Sharp's Station Bridge, Platte River, March, 1998.
B = Sharp's Station Bridge over Platte River, Taken in winter with snow on ground. View down the deck of the bridge with the superstructure on either side. unidentified, but connects with the winter scene in A above.
C = Sharp's Station Bridge Supports, close-up view of the steel structure under the bridge. 1998
D = Sharp's Station Bridge over Platte, taken in spring with flood waters nearing the deck, unidentified but the water level monitor appears to be the same one pictured in A, which is identified., c. 1998
E = Sharp's Station Bridge over Platte, taken in spring with flood waters nearing the deck, unidentified but the water level monitor appears to be the same one pictured in A, which is identified., Same as D above, except truck traveling on deck, c. 1998.
F = Interurban bridge with kids, news photo, Platte County Citizen, Kids waiting on the interurban. Photo taken so you can view down the track on the deck of the bridge with superstructure on either side. Girl in white dress in center of track, a man, stands at the left structure foot, a boy in bib overalls perches atop the foot on the right. Riders had to flag down the train to get it to stop for them. c. 1912. Copy of the photo published.
G = Double Decker bridge over river. Rectangular upper deck over 1/2. City skyline in background could be Kansas City. unidentified, undated.
H = Interurban Concrete Bridge, Riverside, MO, taken from the creek bank in springtime, looking up to the side of the bridge, creek running below. Legend: "Concrete Bridge, Riverside, Mo., April, 1998.
I = Interurban Concrete Bridge, unidentified, c. 1998
J = Big Creek Bridge, Greenwood, Missouri, Legend includes: "Span of water 54 feet, Roadway 24 feet. For the County Court of Jackson County, Kansas City, Missouri, 1915." Includes map quest printout showing the location of Greenwood.
K = Interurban Wooden Trestle, Buchanan County, 230 ft., exact location unidentified, no date, but probably 1998.
L = Concrete Bridge on St. Joseph, Mo Parkway, exact location not idendtifed, color photo with b/w copy, undated but probably 1998.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Bridges, TrestlesSearch Terms
Interurban Railway, Interurban Railroad, Kansas City, Clay County & St. Joseph Railway, St. Joseph Interurban, St. Joseph ParkwayDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 8½" x 11"Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Ed GentryRelated Places
Place
City
Kansas City, St. JosephState/Province
MissouriProvenance
Notes
Part of the archives of Ed Gentry, and Interurban Historian.
