Scaffolding that appears as weather-beaten as the bridge itself was photographed Thursday on Eads bridge which the City of St. Louis threatened to close unless repairs are started within 10 days.
Architect's model of the American Zinc Building to be constructed at the northeast corner of Fourth and Walnut streets across from the Gateway Arch in the St. Louis riverfront redevelopment area is pictured above.
Anchored in the Mississippi river is this huge stone edifice, one of many required by the city for its supply of water. In the background is Intake Tower No. 2 with the Chain of Rocks bridge spanning the river.
The fifth in Boehl's series of construction work on the bridge, first over the Mississippi south of the Missouri, shows all three spans joined in 1873.