Pecos River Bridge, Texas, United States
A steam train crossing the Pecos River Bridge, Texas, United States of America. Built in 1891 for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 87 working days by the Phoenix Bridge Company of pennsylvania. The formal name is the Pecos River Viaduct - it spanned 2180ft and stood 320ft above the Pecos River. The highest bridge in America and the third highest in the world - dismantled in 1949
Picture No
10419501
Media ID
45525923
Size
4827px x 2895px
(1.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1920s
