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Home > Massachusetts > Boston > Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, MA



B&W Photos
View, Looking Southeast From Cambridge, Showing West (upstream) Side Of Bridge
HB553972
View, Looking Southeast From Cambridge, Showing West (upstream) Side Of Bridge 		View, Looking Northwest, Of East (downstream) Side Of Bridge, Showing Girders, Telephone Ducts, And Suspended Manhole
HB553973
View, Looking Northwest, Of East (downstream) Side Of Bridge, Showing Girders, Telephone Ducts, And Suspended Manhole 		View, Looking Southwest, Of East Side Of Bridge, Showing Piers 4 And 5
HB553974
View, Looking Southwest, Of East Side Of Bridge, Showing Piers 4 And 5 		View, Looking Northwest, Showing Piers 22, 23 And 24 And The Cambridge Embankment
HB553975
View, Looking Northwest, Showing Piers 22, 23 And 24 And The Cambridge Embankment
View Looking Northwest From Midstream
HB553976
View Looking Northwest From Midstream 		View Looking Northwest From Boston, Showing Pedestrian Stairway And Storrow Drive In Foreground
HB553977
View Looking Northwest From Boston, Showing Pedestrian Stairway And Storrow Drive In Foreground 		View Of Underdeck And Pier 12 With Timber Fender; View, Looking South, Showing Support Girders From Piers 11 To 13
HB553978
View Of Underdeck And Pier 12 With Timber Fender; View, Looking South, Showing Support Girders From Piers 11 To 13 		View Of East Side, Pier 12
HB553979
View Of East Side, Pier 12
View, Looking South, Of Exposed Timber Pilings And Caps Around Pier 12
HB553980
View, Looking South, Of Exposed Timber Pilings And Caps Around Pier 12 		View Of Pier-cap And Pedestal At Pier 13, West Side, Boston Embankment And Pedestrian Stairway In Background
HB553981
View Of Pier-cap And Pedestal At Pier 13, West Side, Boston Embankment And Pedestrian Stairway In Background 		Detail View Of Typical Hanger And Underdeck, Showing Underside Of Sidewalk And Sidewalk Brackets
HB553982
Detail View Of Typical Hanger And Underdeck, Showing Underside Of Sidewalk And Sidewalk Brackets 		View Of Underdeck, Looking South From Cambridge, Showing Longitudinal Girders And Floor Beam Arrangement
HB553983
View Of Underdeck, Looking South From Cambridge, Showing Longitudinal Girders And Floor Beam Arrangement
View Of Underdeck Of Sidewalk, West Side, Looking North
HB553984
View Of Underdeck Of Sidewalk, West Side, Looking North 		View Of Underdeck, Looking South At Centerline
HB553985
View Of Underdeck, Looking South At Centerline 		View Of Framing At Pier 11, Showing Transition From Arched Girders To Straight (piers 11 To 13) Girders
HB553986
View Of Framing At Pier 11, Showing Transition From Arched Girders To Straight (piers 11 To 13) Girders 		Detail View Of Expansion Joint At Cambridge (north) Abutment, Looking West
HB553987
Detail View Of Expansion Joint At Cambridge (north) Abutment, Looking West
View, Looking North, Showing Railings, Original Trolley (now Light) Poles Which Supported The Catenary, And Curbs
HB553988
View, Looking North, Showing Railings, Original Trolley (now Light) Poles Which Supported The Catenary, And Curbs 		View Looking South At Centerline Of Road Surface
HB553989
View Looking South At Centerline Of Road Surface 		View Looking North At West Side Of Road Surface
HB553990
View Looking North At West Side Of Road Surface 		View, Looking North From Boston, Showing Railing, Pedestrian Stair, And
HB553991
View, Looking North From Boston, Showing Railing, Pedestrian Stair, And '10 Smoot' Marker (see Data Pages)
Detail View Of Railing At Boston Embankment, Looking East
HB553992
Detail View Of Railing At Boston Embankment, Looking East 		Masonry Piers
HB553993
Masonry Piers 		Details Of Piers 1-3, 5-10, 13-18, 20-23
HB553994
Details Of Piers 1-3, 5-10, 13-18, 20-23 		Masonry Piers, Details Of Piers 4 And 19
HB553995
Masonry Piers, Details Of Piers 4 And 19
Foundations For Piers 11 And 12
HB553996
Foundations For Piers 11 And 12 		Courses In Piers
HB553997
Courses In Piers 		Courses In Piers
HB553998
Courses In Piers 		Details Of Boston Abutment
HB553999
Details Of Boston Abutment
Details Of Cambridge Abutment
HB554000
Details Of Cambridge Abutment 		Boston Abutment, Parapet And Bridge Seat Courses
HB554001
Boston Abutment, Parapet And Bridge Seat Courses 		Cambridge Abutment, Parapet And Bridge Seat Courses
HB554002
Cambridge Abutment, Parapet And Bridge Seat Courses 		Draw Foundation And Pier
HB554003
Draw Foundation And Pier
Fenders At Piers 11 And 12
HB554004
Fenders At Piers 11 And 12 		Iron Superstructure, General Plan
HB554005
Iron Superstructure, General Plan 		Suspended Girders A And B - Span 1 Shoes And Rollers
HB554006
Suspended Girders A And B - Span 1 Shoes And Rollers 		Cantilever Girders A - Spans 8, 10, 13 And 15
HB554007
Cantilever Girders A - Spans 8, 10, 13 And 15
Cantilever Girders B - Spans 8, 10, 13 And 15
HB554008
Cantilever Girders B - Spans 8, 10, 13 And 15 		Suspended Girders A - Spans 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, And 20
HB554009
Suspended Girders A - Spans 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, And 20 		Suspended Girders B - Spans 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, And 30
HB554010
Suspended Girders B - Spans 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, And 30 		Cantilever Girders A And B - Spans 2, 4, 6, 17, 19 And 21
HB554011
Cantilever Girders A And B - Spans 2, 4, 6, 17, 19 And 21
Floor Beams And Struts
HB554012
Floor Beams And Struts 		Girders A And B - Spans 22 And 23
HB554013
Girders A And B - Spans 22 And 23 		Girders A And B - Spans 22 And 23
HB554014
Girders A And B - Spans 22 And 23 		Girders A - Spans 11 And 12
HB554015
Girders A - Spans 11 And 12
Girders B - Spans 11 And 12
HB554016
Girders B - Spans 11 And 12 		Spans 11 And 12, Floor Beams & C.
HB554017
Spans 11 And 12, Floor Beams & C. 		General Plan Of Spans 11 And 12
HB554018
General Plan Of Spans 11 And 12 		Draw Span, General Plan
HB554019
Draw Span, General Plan
Draw Span, Main Girders
HB554020
Draw Span, Main Girders 		Draw Span, Floor Beams
HB554021
Draw Span, Floor Beams 		Draw Span, Cross Girders & C.
HB554022
Draw Span, Cross Girders & C. 		Bases And Washers For Fence Post
HB554023
Bases And Washers For Fence Post
Iron Railing Details
HB554024
Iron Railing Details 		General Section Of Creo-resinate Paving And Planking For Fixed Spans, May 1901 (william Jackson, City Engineer)
HB554025
General Section Of Creo-resinate Paving And Planking For Fixed Spans, May 1901 (william Jackson, City Engineer) 		Pavement On Fixed Spans, 1912 (engineer Unknown)
HB554026
Pavement On Fixed Spans, 1912 (engineer Unknown) 		Details Of Wood Block Pavement And Sidewalk, 1912
HB554027
Details Of Wood Block Pavement And Sidewalk, 1912
Details Of Shuman W
HB554028
Details Of Shuman W 		Planking And Paving Details, 1918
HB554029
Planking And Paving Details, 1918


Data Pages


Photo Caption Pages


Item Title


Location
Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.

Notes
Survey number HAER MA-53
Building/structure dates: 1887 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1898 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1905 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1912 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1918 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1924 subsequent work
Significance: The Harvard Bridge is located in the Charles River Basin Historic District.

Subjects
Historic Sites
Steel Girder Bridges
Transportation


Related Names
E. Lionel Pavlo Engineering Company Incorporated
Wightman , Hen
Barbour, William S.
O`Brien , Hugh
Russell , William E.
Greeley , Leander
Neudorfer, Brian C., Photographer
Jackson, William, Delineator
Cheney, John E., Delineator
Brearley, Dennis Michael, Photographer


Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
1. VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM CAMBRIDGE, SHOWING WEST (UPSTREAM) SIDE OF BRIDGE
2. VIEW, LOOKING NORTHWEST, OF EAST (DOWNSTREAM) SIDE OF BRIDGE, SHOWING GIRDERS, TELEPHONE DUCTS, AND SUSPENDED MANHOLE
3. VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHWEST, OF EAST SIDE OF BRIDGE, SHOWING PIERS 4 AND 5
4. VIEW, LOOKING NORTHWEST, SHOWING PIERS 22, 23 AND 24 AND THE CAMBRIDGE EMBANKMENT
5. VIEW LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM MIDSTREAM
6. VIEW LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM BOSTON, SHOWING PEDESTRIAN STAIRWAY AND STORROW DRIVE IN FOREGROUND
7. VIEW OF UNDERDECK AND PIER 12 WITH TIMBER FENDER; VIEW, LOOKING SOUTH, SHOWING SUPPORT GIRDERS FROM PIERS 11 TO 13
8. VIEW OF EAST SIDE, PIER 12
9. VIEW, LOOKING SOUTH, OF EXPOSED TIMBER PILINGS AND CAPS AROUND PIER 12
10. VIEW OF PIER-CAP AND PEDESTAL AT PIER 13, WEST SIDE, BOSTON EMBANKMENT AND PEDESTRIAN STAIRWAY IN BACKGROUND
11. DETAIL VIEW OF TYPICAL HANGER AND UNDERDECK, SHOWING UNDERSIDE OF SIDEWALK AND SIDEWALK BRACKETS
12. VIEW OF UNDERDECK, LOOKING SOUTH FROM CAMBRIDGE, SHOWING LONGITUDINAL GIRDERS AND FLOOR BEAM ARRANGEMENT
13. VIEW OF UNDERDECK OF SIDEWALK, WEST SIDE, LOOKING NORTH
14. VIEW OF UNDERDECK, LOOKING SOUTH AT CENTERLINE
15. VIEW OF FRAMING AT PIER 11, SHOWING TRANSITION FROM ARCHED GIRDERS TO STRAIGHT (PIERS 11 TO 13) GIRDERS
16. DETAIL VIEW OF EXPANSION JOINT AT CAMBRIDGE (NORTH) ABUTMENT, LOOKING WEST
17. VIEW, LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING RAILINGS, ORIGINAL TROLLEY (NOW LIGHT) POLES WHICH SUPPORTED THE CATENARY, AND CURBS
18. VIEW LOOKING SOUTH AT CENTERLINE OF ROAD SURFACE
19. VIEW LOOKING NORTH AT WEST SIDE OF ROAD SURFACE
20. VIEW, LOOKING NORTH FROM BOSTON, SHOWING RAILING, PEDESTRIAN STAIR, AND '10 SMOOT' MARKER (see data pages)
21. DETAIL VIEW OF RAILING AT BOSTON EMBANKMENT, LOOKING EAST
22. MASONRY PIERS
23. DETAILS OF PIERS 1-3, 5-10, 13-18, 20-23
24. MASONRY PIERS, DETAILS OF PIERS 4 AND 19
25. FOUNDATIONS FOR PIERS 11 AND 12
26. COURSES IN PIERS
27. COURSES IN PIERS
28. DETAILS OF BOSTON ABUTMENT
29. DETAILS OF CAMBRIDGE ABUTMENT
30. BOSTON ABUTMENT, PARAPET AND BRIDGE SEAT COURSES
31. CAMBRIDGE ABUTMENT, PARAPET AND BRIDGE SEAT COURSES
32. DRAW FOUNDATION AND PIER
33. FENDERS AT PIERS 11 AND 12
34. IRON SUPERSTRUCTURE, GENERAL PLAN
35. SUSPENDED GIRDERS A AND B - SPAN 1 SHOES AND ROLLERS
36. CANTILEVER GIRDERS A - SPANS 8, 10, 13 AND 15
37. CANTILEVER GIRDERS B - SPANS 8, 10, 13 AND 15
38. SUSPENDED GIRDERS A - SPANS 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, AND 20
39. SUSPENDED GIRDERS B - SPANS 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, AND 30
40. CANTILEVER GIRDERS A AND B - SPANS 2, 4, 6, 17, 19 AND 21
41. FLOOR BEAMS AND STRUTS
42. GIRDERS A AND B - SPANS 22 AND 23
43. GIRDERS A AND B - SPANS 22 AND 23
44. GIRDERS A - SPANS 11 AND 12
45. GIRDERS B - SPANS 11 AND 12
46. SPANS 11 AND 12, FLOOR BEAMS & C.
47. GENERAL PLAN OF SPANS 11 AND 12
48. DRAW SPAN, GENERAL PLAN
49. DRAW SPAN, MAIN GIRDERS
50. DRAW SPAN, FLOOR BEAMS
51. DRAW SPAN, CROSS GIRDERS & C.
52. BASES AND WASHERS FOR FENCE POST
53. IRON RAILING DETAILS
54. GENERAL SECTION OF CREO-RESINATE PAVING AND PLANKING FOR FIXED SPANS, May 1901 (William Jackson, City Engineer)
55. PAVEMENT ON FIXED SPANS, 1912 (Engineer unknown)
56. DETAILS OF WOOD BLOCK PAVEMENT AND SIDEWALK, 1912
57. DETAILS OF SHUMAN W. AND A. SLIPNOT PAVEMENT, 1912
58. PLANKING AND PAVING DETAILS, 1918


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