Wilbur J. & Sara Ruth Watson Bridge Book Collection
Over one hundred and seventy-five rare books, some dating from the eighteenth century, and fifteen albums of photographs on historic bridges.

The King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Co.
The King Iron Bridge Co. played an important role in the development and construction of metal truss bridges, a product of American engineering and construction technology, nationwide during the later part of the 19th century.

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Images from the Cuyahoga County Engineer's Photography Collection

Images from the Herrick Slide Collection

Images from the Postcards of Cleveland Collection

Images from the Cleveland Press Collection

Images from the Yesterday's Lakewood Collection

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E-Books:

• Bridges of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County (1918) prepared by a general committee coincident with the formal dedication of the new Detroit-Superior high level bridge.

• Bridges of Metropolitan Cleveland (1981) by Sara Ruth Watson and John R. Wolfs

• History of the Cleveland Viaduct (1878) by Collins French

Articles:

• "Building the Baldwin Reservoir, Cleveland Water-Works" Engineering News-Record, 89:22 November 30, 1922. 916-22.

• "The Cuyahoga Valley Viaduct of the 'Nickel Plate' Railroad." by George H. Tinker, BCE Transactions, The Cleveland Engineering Society, No. 2, October 13, 1908. 1-15.

• "Lorain-Carnegie Bridge in Cleveland: Cantilever Trusses Construction of Copper Bearing Silicon Steel" , by Wilbur J. Watson. Civil Engineering. November, 1932.

• "Modern Bridge in Parkway System of Cleveland, Ohio.", by A.M. Felgate. Engineering News-Record, 97:22 November 25, 1926. 874-76.

• "Movable Bridges on the Cuyahoga, by Sara Ruth Watson and John R. Wolfs. The Gamut, Spring/Summer 1981.

• "Terminal Subway for the Detroit-Superior Bridge". A Report of the Committee of Municipal Art and Architecture of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. 1915.

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