Pecos Viaduct [Pecos River High Bridge]
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.
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content: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department
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content: Underwood and Underwood
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content: Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection
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content: Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection / Series 1: Engineering / 1.4: Bridges -- Masonry Aqueducts
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content: circa 1891-1892, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1013, Subseries 1.4.8
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content: Archival materials
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content: Documents the construction and completion of the Pecos High Bridge known as the Pecos Viaduct located in Texas. The bridge was intended to solve problems affecting the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railway since its opening in 1883. Construction began in 1891 with images documenting the progress, workers, and completion of the bridge.