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Title: Delta Queen
Description: Photograph of the steamboat DELTA QUEEN near a railroad bridge north of Hannibal, Mo. "15 barge tow ran into this bridge knocking down center span. April 1981. Turn table swing section on left side of picture in open position. No loss of life or boat. Accident caused by swing section tender not opening section after train passed over. Fast currant and slow opening left no place to go for the tow.”

Title: Pluck
Description: The steamer PLUCK of the Henry W. Alsop Line. Barge in foreground. Barge or ferry in the mid-ground, along with the boat WINNIPEG. A Northern Pacific train runs in the background, where there is also a railroad bridge.

Title: Meredosia Bridge
Description: Bridge over Illinois River at Meredosia, Illinois. Meredosia lift span.

Title: Beardstown, Illinois
Date: 1981-08
Description: The enclosed pictures were taken during August 1981 on the Beardstown Illinois waterfront showing typical river scenes with the usual amount of tugs and other equipment. The B&N RR bridge in its river mode. The stern-wheel river tug is a locally built boat, original builders and name still showing = LOGSDON = built sometime in the 1930s more details could be obtained. These pictures were taken

Title: Beardstown, Illinois
Date: 1981-08
Description: Burlington Northern Railroad bridge over the Illinois River.

Title: Mississippi Valley Barge Co. Terminal
Description: Mississippi Valley Barge Co. Terminal. Photograph. Baltimore and Ohio locomotive and Chesapeake and Ohio frieght cars at the terminal. Railroad bridge in background.

Title: Meredosia Bridge
Description: Bridge over Illinois River at Meredosia, Illinois.

Title: Bridge and Ferry Business.
Description: Photograph of bridge and ferry.

Title: High Bridge
Description: Photograph of train crossing High Bridge, Kentucky, over the Kentucky River. 286' tall and 1138' long. Photo taken before 1929.

Title: St. Louis and Southwestern Railway Bridge
Date: 1928
Description: St. Louis and Southwestern Railway Bridge. Mississippi River between Thebes, Ill. And Illmo Mo. Viewed from upstream through rigging of Steamer Cape Girardeau.

Title: The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 33
Date: 1909-11-13,
Description: Vol. XXII, No. 33. Thanks Due To These For Successful Trip. The G. W. Hill and Wells. Some New Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridges. The Waterways Commission Trip.

Title: Beardstown, Illinois
Date: 1981-08
Description: The enclosed pictures were taken during August 1981 on the Beardstown Illinois waterfront showing typical river scenes with the usual amount of tugs and other equipment. The B&N RR bridge in its river mode. The stern-wheel river tug is a locally built boat, original builders and name still showing = LOGSDON = built sometime in the 1930s more details could be obtained. These pictures were taken

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