The Kansas City Bridge

Title: Map Showing the Location of the Kansas City Bridge
Description: Map showing the location of the Hannibal Bridge, as well as the surrounding communities of Harlem, Wyandott, West Kansas and early Kansas City. The map shows the location of the southern bank of the Missouri River when the area was first surveyed in 1826 and indicates the rail lines connecting to the bridge.
Object Type: Map

Title: General View from South Side, Showing Progress of Work
Description: Photograph showing work being done on piers of the Hannibal Bridge. The northern bank of the Missouri River and the steamboat Gipsey can be seen in the background.
Date: 1867-12-24
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General View from South Side, Showing Progress of Work
Description: Photograph showing work being done on the first pier of the Hannibal Bridge. The northern bank of the Missouri River and the steamboat Gipsey can be seen in the background.
Date: 1867-09-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General View from South Side, Showing Progress of Work
Description: Photograph showing work being done on piers of the Hannibal Bridge. The northern bank of the Missouri River can be seen in the background.
Date: 1868-09-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General View from South Side, Showing Progress of Work
Description: Photograph showing work being done on piers of the Hannibal Bridge. Several workers can be seen standing atop the first section of the bridge. The northern bank of the Missouri River and the steamboat Gipsey can be seen in the background.
Date: 1868-05-15
Object Type: Photograph

Title: False Works for Pier No. 4
Description: Photograph showing the temporary structure used to build the fourth pier of the Hannibal Bridge. Workers and the northern bank of the Missouri River can also be seen.
Date: 1868-10-12
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lowering Caisson for Pier No. 5
Description: Photograph showing the lowering of caisson number five, designed to support the fifth pier of the Hannibal Bridge along the northern bank of the Missouri River. Several workers can be seen.
Date: 1868-02-13
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View Looking Toward Kansas City, from Centre of Open Draw
Description: Photograph showing a partially completed section of the Hannibal Bridge facing the riverfront area of Kansas City. Buildings and the Missouri River bluffs can also be seen.
Date: 1868~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Crew of Divers, at Pier No. 4
Description: Photograph showing a crew of divers and other workers at the fourth pier of the Hannibal Bridge.
Date: 1869-03-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Finishing Pier No. 5
Description: Photograph showing the final phase of construction for the fifth pier of the Hannibal Bridge along the northern bank of the Missouri River. A worker is posed in the foreground and others stand in the background.
Date: 1869-03-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View of Open Draw
Description: Photograph showing the completed Hannibal Bridge showing its draw open to allow ships to pass through the Missouri River’s navigation channel. The early riverfront area of Kansas City can be seen.
Date: 1869-08-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View of Top Chord, Looking South
Description: Photograph from atop the completed Hannibal Bridge facing south toward Kansas City. The Missouri River bluffs and several buildings located in the early riverfront area can be seen.
Date: 1869-08-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View of Pier No. 3
Description: Photograph showing the completed third pier of the Hannibal Bridge. The northern bank of the Missouri River can be seen in the background.
Date: 1869-03-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General View from South Side, Showing Progress of Work
Description: Photograph showing progress on the first section of the Hannibal Bridge extending from the southern bank of the Missouri River. The northern bank of the river can be seen in the background.
Date: 1869-03-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View of the Completed Bridge, from the North-West
Description: Photograph taken from the northern bank of the Missouri River facing Kansas City. Two individuals can be seen standing near a pier on the river’s northern bank. Several buildings, the Gillis House hotel, the Missouri River Bluffs and the early riverfront area can be seen.
Date: 1869-08-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Kansas City Bridge
Description: Book written by engineers Octave Chanute and George Mason covering the design and construction of the Hannibal Bridge, then known as the Kansas City Bridge. Includes illustrations, maps, charts and photographs documenting the bridge’s construction.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Book