St. Louis, Missouri Drawing, Harper's Weekly

Harper's Weekly

picture

Steamboats
Railroads
Buildings
Eads Bridge (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Mississippi River
River steamers

East Saint Louis (Ill.)
Saint Louis (Mo.)

This image provides a northwestern view of the Mississippi River and the city of St. Louis, Missouri from the banks of East St. Louis in Illinois. In the foreground, on the eastern edge of the river, laborers are shown working in an industrial area. Both sides of the Mississippi River were inundated with industry. Laborers utilized steam power, hydraulic power, and a small railroads to benefit business. Several steamboats of various sizes traversed the river and traveled north under the Eads Bridge. In the distance the city of St. Louis was shrouded in a thick cloud of coal smoke. Coal was the primary source of energy used in the city during the 19th century. The image was Drawn by Schell and Hogan, taken from a sketch by C.A. Vanderhoof and published in Harper's Weekly.

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