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The Victoria Tubular Bridge, across the St. Lawrence, Montreal. Total length will be 10,284 feet, or about 50 yards less than 2 miles - now building
1859 (ca, published)
Engraving
Google Books
LL/38928 [Further details available]
1 of 21
James Hodges and staff, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1859 (ca)
Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
20 x 25 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Gift of Mrs. J. B. Learmont, N-0000.113
LL/38915 [Further details available]
2 of 21
Large boulder raised from coffer dam, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1858 (taken)
Silver salts on glass - Gelatin dry plate process
20 x 25 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd., VIEW-7570.0
LL/38907
3 of 21
The Removal of a Large Boulder during the Construction of the Victoria Bridge
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1860
Ink on paper, wood engraving
7.9 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Gift of Mr. David Ross McCord, M15934.21
LL/38908 [Further details available]
4 of 21
Framework of tube and staging no. 8, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1859
Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
22 x 29 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Gift of Mr. James Geoffrey Notman, N-0000.193.127
LL/38912
5 of 21
Laying Bottom of Tube
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1860
21.5 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Gift of Mr. David Ross McCord, M15934.30
LL/38917 [Further details available]
6 of 21
Centre tube, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1859
Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
21 x 26 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Gift of Mr. James Geoffrey Notman, N-0000.193.135
LL/38913
7 of 21
Centre tube in progress
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1860
Coloured ink on paper
42.2 x 58.6 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Gift of Mr. David Ross McCord, M15934.28
LL/38927 [Further details available]
8 of 21
Men destroying coffer dam crib, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1859 (taken) 1971 (print)
Silver salts on film (safety) - Gelatin silver process
10 x 12 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd., VIEW-7023.0
LL/38909
9 of 21
Laying the foundation stone of no. 11 pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1859
Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
20 x 25 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd., VIEW-7030.0
LL/38914
10 of 21
Steam dredge for puddling, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1859
Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
25 x 30 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry W. Hill, N-0000.41.1
LL/38918
11 of 21
No. 13 pier showing river current, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1859 (taken)
Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
19 x 20 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd., VIEW-7573.0
LL/38919
12 of 21
No. 11 coffer dam, 24 feet below surface, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1859 (taken) 1971 (print)
Silver salts on film (safety) - Gelatin silver process
12 x 10 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd., VIEW-7017.0
LL/38920
13 of 21
Piers in course of construction, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1858 (taken)
Silver salts on glass - Gelatin dry plate process
19 x 19 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd., VIEW-7574.0
LL/38922
14 of 21
Bottom of centre tube, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1859
Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
7 x 14 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Gift of Mr. James Geoffrey Notman, N-0000.193.97.1-2
LL/38911
15 of 21
Staging for first tube on south side, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1858
Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
19 x 29 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Gift of Mr. James Geoffrey Notman, N-0000.193.130
LL/38924
16 of 21
Abutment walls from entrance to no. 1 tube, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1859
Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
7.3 x 7 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Gift of Mr. James Geoffrey Notman, N-0000.193.145.1
LL/38925
17 of 21
Pier in course of construction, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1858 (ca)
Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
7.3 x 7 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Gift of Mr. James Geoffrey Notman, N-0000.193.153.2
LL/38926
18 of 21
Bridge in progress from north abutment, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1859
Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
7.3 x 7 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Gift of Mr. James Geoffrey Notman, N-0000.193.101.1
LL/38923
19 of 21
Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC
[Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC]
1863 (print)
Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
8 x 5 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd., I-6717.0.1
LL/38921
20 of 21
Victoria Bridge from an ice pile, Montreal, QC
1870 (ca)
Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
16 x 21 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
© McCord Museum, Gift of Miss E. Dorothy Benson, MP-0000.1452.61
LL/38916
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