1927 photo taken by someone who climbed the steel arched centerspan of the 10-year-old Detroit-Superior High-Level Bridge. The Cleveland Union Terminal project (Terminal Tower) is in high gear and far enough along by 1927 that the physical form of many of structures are identifiable -- not the least of which is Terminal Tower, soon to be the tallest building in the world outside of New York City. Plus you can also see the concrete bridge supports that will soon carry electrified passenger trains in/out of Union Terminal and across the Cuyahoga Valley to distant places like Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago. You can also see the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad depot at far right, including its mansard roof and the train shed between it and the Cuyahoga River. To the left of the Detroit-Superior bridge is part of the B&Os bascule lift bridge which still exists today but unused, preserved as a static industrial statue. Beyond it are several industrial, warehouse and shipping-related buildings in the Flats which are surely left over from the Ohio & Erie Canal days which helped turn Cleveland from a clearing in the wilderness into a powerful economic gateway to Lake Erie, the Erie Canal and East Coast ports. (Author unknown)
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:42:53 +0000
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