[PRCo] Re: Three Sisters Bridges

[Schneider Fred]

And I took in Phipps Conservatory on Sunday.  Too much evidence of  
who sponsored the displays ... too many fake M&Ms supporting the  
history of cocoa beans.   A lot of fake plastic flamingos on metal  
legs.   They had left a bird bath behind next to the fake birds (two  
scrub buckets filled with rags and detergent).

On Oct 26, 2008, at 6:09 PM, Dennis F. Cramer wrote:

> I had time to visit the city side of the 6th, 7th and 9th Street  
> bridges today as we went into the city early for the opera,   
> Parking and traffic get to be an issue when all 5 theaters downtown  
> have and event and there is a 4:15 Steeler game across the river.   
> Sorry, no photographs yet a I did not take the camera to the opera.
> The plaques on the doors of the end columns read:
>
> 6th Street   1927-28
> 7th Street   1925-26
> 9th Street   1925-26
>
> There is a sign between the 6th & 7th St bridge explaining the  
> historic status of the three bridges and it is even  more  
> confusing.  It says the 7th Street bridge was built first and then  
> the 9th and 6th.  However, there is a photograph credited to  
> American Bridge Company that shows the 6th Street bridge completed  
> with work only half done on the 7th.  The caption could be incorrect.
>
> The 6th Street bridge replaced the one built by Roebling and is the  
> one in the famous trolley shots shown in several traction videos  
> released by Sic Transit Gloria from the turn of the century.
>
> The 7th Street bridge replaced one built by Lundenthal.
>
>
> Dennis F. Cramer
>       Trombone
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