ITEM: (12) Historical, original photos showing the construction of the C&Y / Cleveland & Youngstown Railroad in 1914. The C&Y railroad is now called RTA Lines. Each photo is identified in the left bottom corner with C&Y and the right bottom corner with the date taken and the initials CCG. There were hundreds in the original lot. Cleveland State University is in posession of at least ten. This collection has 12. Builders: The American Bridge company of New York (Steel Girder). Walsh Construction of Davenport, Iowa (Concrete). Watson & Company of Cleveland (Architect). Strobel Steel Construction Company of Chicago (Steel). In the first photo center you can see a half arch support. This was located on McCurdy Avenue. This “falsework” was used in the construction a concrete arch. One photo shows train cars hauling out dirt in the beginning stages near the Heights area. Workers cut the trench west of Shaker Square, which began the gradual grade westward, down towards Woodhill Road. Construction of the Shaker Rapids bridge. Three photos show work on the massive open spandrel arch design with 5 arches. This section is located at the Holton Avenue overpass. The photo with the church shows one of the massive steel plates used to construct the bridge at East 79th St. The church is the Second New Hope Baptist Church at 2780 E. Construction Date: 1914 to 1915. Size of photos: 5.00 x 7.00. Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Condition: Very good, See Scans. The settlement of the Heights on Cleveland’s east side was dependent upon electric streetcars with sufficient power to ascend the Portage Escarpment at Cedar Glen in the 1890s. From there, streetcars opened heights land for development progressively farther east until the Van Sweringen brothers faced the task of making their distant Shaker Heights project accessible to downtown. The Vans created the Cleveland & Youngstown Railroad to make this connection, envisioning an interurban train linking Cleveland to the growing east side, and specifically their Shaker Village development (later Shaker Heights). (Coutesy of Clevelandhistorical. Org). LY – Greenbkt Keywords Vintage Rare Old Original Antique snapshot image picture black and & white photo American Bridge Strobel Steel company constructing construction of the C&Y RR Cleveland and & Youngstown RR Ohio Railroad Cleveland bridge museum architects from Cleveland Ohio Train Railroad History construction cranes Heavy equipment Cleveland History Historical society photos. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Photographic Images\Photographs”. The seller is “antique_fotos” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 7\
- Photo Type: Snapshot
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Color: Black & White
- Original/Reprint: Original Print
- Date of Creation: 1910-1919
- Time Period Manufactured: Vintage & Antique (Pre-1940)
- Region of Origin: US
- Framing: Unframed
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Modified Item: No
- Subject: Architecture & Cityscape
- Type: Photograph