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Construction of the Shelby Street Bridge, 1908 August 25
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Title
Construction
of the
Shelby
Street
Bridge
,
1908
August
25
Corporate name
Foster & Creighton Company
Nashville Bridge Company
Topical entry
Bridges--Tennessee--Nashville
Building construction--Tennessee--Nashville
Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville
Industries--Tennessee--Nashville
Steel industry and trade--Tennessee--Nashville
Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville
Transportation--Tennessee--Nashville
Rivers--Tennessee--Nashville
Pedestrian bridges--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Cumberland river (Ky. and Tenn.)
Sparkman Street Bridge (Nashville, Tenn.)
Shelby Street Bridge (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description
A
view
of the
construction
of the
Sparkman
Street
Bridge
,
later
renamed
Shelby
Street
Bridge
,
built
along
the
Cumberland
River
in
downtown
Nashville
. The
original
official
name
of the
bridge
was the
Broadway
Bridge
. The
bridge
was
completed
in
1909
,
spanning
the
Cumberland
River
to
link
East
Nashville
to the
downtown
area
. The
construction
of this
bridge
was
considered
very
innovative
, with
concrete
trusses
making
a
new
underneath
support
system
. The
Nashville
Bridge
Company
was on the
east
side
of the
river
. The
Foster
&
Creighton
Company
were the
contractors
for the
bridge
(specifically
Foster-Creighton-Gould
Company)
, a
family-owned
construction
company
founded
in
Nashville
circa
1885
by
Wilbur
Fisk
Foster
and
Robert
T
.
Creighton
. In
1986
, the
bridge
was
added
to the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
. In
2003
, the
bridge
reopened
as a
pedestrian
walkway
. The
bridge
was the
first
one
in
North
America
to have
concrete
arched
trusses
.
Howard
M
.
Jones
, a
railroad
engineer
, was
employed
by the
county
as its
designer
. These
digital
reproductions
were
scanned
from the
original
family
scrapbook
album
belonging
to
Charles
W
.
Cook
,
Jr
.
1
digital
photograph
.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Contributors
Cook
,
Charles
W.
,
Jr
.
(Donor)
Date
1908-08-25
Type
Still
Image
;
Photographs
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Sparkman88
Relation
Charles
W
.
Cook
,
Jr
.
Digital
Images
Collection
Coverage
1900-1909
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG3
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