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The Duluth Lift Bridge, a city landmark in Duluth, Minnesota

The Duluth Lift Bridge, a city landmark in Duluth, Minnesota

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

An October 2017 aerial view of the historic seaport of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the largest city along the shortest coastline (18 miles) of any U.S. state. Portsmouth connects via the Memorial lift bridge (right) to Badger's Island, which is in Maine waters; that island, in turn connects to Kittery, the southernmost point of mainland Maine

An October 2017 aerial view of the historic seaport of Portsmouth, New...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Memorial Bridge, opened in 2013, replaced one of similar design that existed from 1923 to 2012. A large overhead plaque facing traffic... More

An October 2017 aerial view of the historic seaport of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the largest city along the shortest coastline (18 miles) of any U.S. state. Portsmouth connects via the Memorial lift bridge (foreground) to Badger's Island, which is in Maine waters; that island, in turn connects to Kittery, the southernmost point of mainland Maine

An October 2017 aerial view of the historic seaport of Portsmouth, New...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Memorial Bridge, opened in 2013, replaced one of similar design that existed from 1923 to 2012. A large overhead plaque facing traffic... More

An October 2017 aerial view of the historic seaport of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the largest city along the shortest coastline (18 miles) of any U.S. state. Portsmouth, to the left in this view, connects via the Memorial lift bridge to Badger's Island, which is in Maine waters; that island, in turn connects to Kittery, the southernmost point of mainland Maine

An October 2017 aerial view of the historic seaport of Portsmouth, New...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Memorial Bridge, opened in 2013, replaced one of similar design that existed from 1923 to 2012. A large overhead plaque facing traffic... More

Bridges, including the now-incomplete Carlton Lift Bridge over the Kennebec River in the shipbuilding town of Bath, Maine

Bridges, including the now-incomplete Carlton Lift Bridge over the Ken...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The lift bridge, constructed in 1927, once carried auto traffice on the now-severed upper level and railroad traffic on the still-in-s... More

An October 2017 aerial view of the historic seaport of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the largest city along the shortest coastline (18 miles) of any U.S. state. Portsmouth, above in this view, connects via the Memorial lift bridge to Badger's Island, which is in Maine waters; that island, in turn connects to Kittery, the southernmost point of mainland Maine

An October 2017 aerial view of the historic seaport of Portsmouth, New...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Memorial Bridge, opened in 2013, replaced one of similar design that existed from 1923 to 2012. A large overhead plaque facing traffic... More

The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River, linking West Sacramento in Yolo County to the west, with the capital of California, Sacramento, in Sacramento County to the east

The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River, linking West Sacramento in Yolo County to the west, with the capital of California, Sacramento, in Sacramento County to the east

The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River, linking West Sacramento in Yolo County to the west, with the capital of California, Sacramento, in Sacramento County to the east

The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The bridge's style represents a rare use of Streamline Moderne architectural styling in a lift bridge, making it an expression of the social and architec... More

The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River, linking West Sacramento in Yolo County to the west, with the capital of California, Sacramento, in Sacramento County to the east

The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The bridge's style represents a rare use of Streamline Moderne architectural styling in a lift bridge, making it an expression of the social and architec... More

The New Hampshire side of the World War I Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth, which carries U.S. Highway 1 across the Piscataqua River to Badger's Island in Kittery, Maine. The large overhead plaque facing traffic on the lift bridge reads "Memorial to the Sailors and Soldiers of New Hampshire who gave their lives in the World War 1917û1919"

The New Hampshire side of the World War I Memorial Bridge in Portsmout...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-10). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

The New Hampshire side of the World War I Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth, which carries U.S. Highway 1 across the Piscataqua River to Badger's Island in Kittery, Maine. The large overhead plaque facing traffic on the lift bridge reads "Memorial to the Sailors and Soldiers of New Hampshire who gave their lives in the World War 1917û1919"

The New Hampshire side of the World War I Memorial Bridge in Portsmout...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-10). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

The New Hampshire side of the World War I Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth, which carries U.S. Highway 1 across the Piscataqua River to Badger's Island in Kittery, Maine. The large overhead plaque facing traffic on the lift bridge reads "Memorial to the Sailors and Soldiers of New Hampshire who gave their lives in the World War 1917û1919"

The New Hampshire side of the World War I Memorial Bridge in Portsmout...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-10). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Lyftbro, Nordisk familjebok - Public domain book scan / drawing

Lyftbro, Nordisk familjebok - Public domain book scan / drawing

Svenska: Lyftbro, upphissad English: Lift bridge. Open Public domain scan of 19th century English drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Strauss Bridge, direct lift type

Strauss Bridge, direct lift type

Diagram of direct lift typ, Strauss Bascule Bridge (main tunnions red cricles, movement of truss blue circles, counterweights in yellow)