Scenes on Erie Avenue Viaduct Swing Bridge, 1936

July 1936 / Downtown Lorain
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Cars driving eastbound on the newly opened Erie Avenue Swing Bridge in July 1936. Bascule bridges are moveable bridges with a leaf that swings upward to allow for boat traffic. This bridge was later renamed the Charles Berry Bascule Bridge in honor of Congressional Medal of Honor winner Charles Berry, a native of Lorain. Photographer unknown.

~ Doane Collection of the Lorain Public Library System, “Scenes on Erie Avenue Viaduct Swing Bridge, 1936,” Lorain County Memory, accessed January 11, 2025, https://lorain.omeka.net/items/show/1717.

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Scenes on Erie Avenue Viaduct Swing Bridge, 1936

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Cars driving eastbound on the newly opened Erie Avenue Swing Bridge in July 1936. Bascule bridges are moveable bridges with a leaf that swings upward to allow for boat traffic. This bridge was later renamed the Charles Berry Bascule Bridge in honor of Congressional Medal of Honor winner Charles Berry, a native of Lorain. Photographer unknown.

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Lorain Public Library System
Albert Doane

Date

July 1936

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English

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