Quebec Bridge Photograph Collection
name: label: Donor
content: Enterline, Stevenson
label: Donor
content: Eney, William J.
label: Creator
content: Quebec Bridge Company.
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Engineering and Industry
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
place: label: Place
content: Canada
label: Place
content: Quebec
topic: label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Design and construction
label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Canada
label: Topic
content: Bridge failures
label: Topic
content: Bridges -- Quebec
label: Topic
content: Rivers -- Quebec
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Originally collected for the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering's reference collections; exact date and source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Donor
content: Enterline, Stevenson
label: Donor
content: Eney, William J.
label: Creator
content: Quebec Bridge Company.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Quebec Bridge Photograph Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents the construction of the first and second Quebec Bridges over the St. Lawrence River. Construction on the first bridge began in 1900 and the bridge collapsed before completion in 1907. Construction on the second Quebec Bridge, which is the longest cantilever bridge in the world, was completed in 1917.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The first Quebec Bridge was built over the St. Lawrence River in order to connect important railroad lines.[1] This bridge collapsed on August 29, 1907, killing 79 men.[2]
 
The engineers for the second bridge were Maurice Fitzmaurice, H.E. Vautelet, and Ralph Modjeska.[3]

Notes:
[1] "Bridge of  1,800-FT. Span Across the St. Lawrence," Popular Mechanics  Vol. 8, No. 12 December 1906

[2]"Wrecked Quebec Bridge to be Recommended"[3] "Wrecked Quebec Bridge to be Recommended"
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 1 map folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1905-1986
label: Date
content: bulk 1905-1916
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, now known as the Division of Work and Industry, 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1026
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1, Photographic Materials, 1905-1965

   Subseries 1, Photographs, 1907-1965

   Subseries 2, Photograph Album, 1905

Series 2, Other Materials, 1916-1986
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Leslie Booth (intern), supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, March 2010.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards -- 1900-1920
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1900-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection documents the construction of the first and second Quebec Bridges over the St. Lawrence River primarily through photographs.  The collection is arranged into two series: Series 1, Photographic Materials, 1905-1965 and Series 2, Other Materials, 1916-1986.

Series 1, Photographic Materials, 1905-1965, is divided into two subseries: Subseries 1.1, Photographs, 1907-1965 and Subseries 1.2, Photograph Album, 1905. The black-and-white photographs primarily document the construction of the second Quebec Bridge, 1907-1917. Many of these photographs were taken in a workshop where the production of the bridge parts and building materials occurred. One picture, marked number 24, is of the Prime Minister of Canada, Robert Borden, attending the construction site in October 1913. This series also contains photographs of the 1907 bridge collapse and pictures taken in 1965 of the current second bridge. Subseries 2, Photograph Album, 1905, documents the construction of the first Quebec cantilever bridge.  The album contains mounted black-and-white photographs taken between May 12 and November 23, 1905.

Series 2, Other Materials, 1916-1986, consists of newspaper articles and postcards. The newspaper articles detail the 1916 construction accident on the second Quebec bridge; one 1917 article about the bridge; and one 1986 article about the 1907 collapse of the first bridge. There are three postcards, both black-and-white and color, of the Quebec Bridge.