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Niagara Railroad Bridge 
Name: Niagara Railroad Bridge
Collection: Vogel Slide Collection
Site: Grand Trunk Railway
Unit: 7
Piece: 6-49
Structure: Bridge
Photo credit: Robert M. Vogel
Photo date: 0000-00-00
Notes: Photograph from the Smithsonian of Ellet's basket ferry. Ellet was the first engineer hired to build a suspension bridge for the Grand Trunk railway over the Niagara gorge. After building a suspension footbridge over the gorge he left due to a financial dispute with the directors. The bridge was later completed by John A. Roebling.