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This carte de visite shows the Kansas Avenue Bridge in Topeka, Kansas. The sign above the bridge reads "No person allowed to ride or drive over the bridge faster than a walk or have on more than 50 head of cattle at one time". The number of cattle allowed to travel over the bridge was later changed to 25. The iron structure was replaced in 1898 by the Melan Bridge.
Creator: Knight, Lee
Date: 1870
Item Number: 218510
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.51 B *11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 218510
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Transportation
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Road-Related (Vehicular) - Bridge
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1870s
Environment - Water - Rivers
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Carte-de-visite
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Bridges
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Carte-de-visite
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