The Covington - Cincinnati Suspension Bridge

Illustration Includes Details of the Hemingray Glass Company

[Newspaper]

Publication: Harper's Weekly

New York, NY, United States
vol. 12, no. 583, p. 140,142, col. 1

 

The New Suspension Bridge Over the Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio
The New Suspension Bridge Over the Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio

 

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BRIDGE OVER THE OHIO.

 

NEW YORK is peculiarly unfortunate in her bridges. LOEW'S bridge is a decided failure, and ought to be pulled down; the East River bridge project has resolved itself into an impracticable tunnel scheme; and for some time to come it is likely that Broadway and East River will be spanned only by bridges of ice. They are more fortunate with their bridges elsewhere. St. Louis is building a splendid structure over the Mississippi, Louisville is spanning the falls of the Ohio with another, while Cincinnati has lately finished the bridge which we illustrate. This bridge was begun in 1856 and finished in 1867. The cost was $1,750,000. The total length is 2,252 feet, 1,057 of which are from tower to tower, and the floor is 100 feet above the "low-water mark."

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Keywords:Hemingray Glass Company : Covington
Researcher notes:This article is important because the accompanying illustration shows details of the Hemingray Glass Company and adjacent river front.
Supplemental information: 
Researcher:Bob Stahr / Glenn Drummond
Date completed:September 20, 2006 by: Glenn Drummond;