P7607

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Weaving%20support%20cable%2C%20Ambassador%20Bridge%20construction

Details

ID Number

P7607

Item Name

image

Title

Weaving support cable, Ambassador Bridge construction / Installation du câble de support – construction du pont Ambassador

Title (Fre)

Installation du câble de support – construction du pont Ambassador

Date

ca 1929

Description

View looking northwest, with the nearly complete framework and structure of the Ambassador Bridge dominant in the background; in the foreground, on ground level, workers of the Canadian Bridge Co. labour at weaving together large sections of the bridge tension cables, that will be raised up and strung from the support tower columns.

Place made

Canada - Ontario - Windsor

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subjects

Ambassador Bridge / Pont Ambassador

Building materials / Matériaux de construction

Canadian Bridge Company / Compagnie Canadian Bridge

Construction industry / Industrie du bâtiment

Construction workers / Travailleur de construction

Employees / Employés

Foundations / Fondations

Girders / Poutrelles

Progress photographs / Photographies Progress

Riverside Dr. E. / Promenade Riverside Est

Sandwich (Ont.)

Sandwich St. E. / Rue Sandwich Est

Steel / Acier

Structural frames / Charpentes

Wire / Fil

Workshops / Ateliers

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