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1. 1888 Wagon Bridge collapse in 1941 - Print, Photographic

   Two black and white glossy 4" x 6" prints of the milk truck under the collapsed bridge; two slightly different views close to the truck and also showing a bike and undershirted by-stander

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 1888 Wagon Bridge collapse under a milk truck - Print, Photographic

   A black and white glossy print of the milk truck under the collapsed section of the old wagon bridge at Waterville in July of 1941. This view is a close-up of damage to the truck and shows milk cans in the river. The back of the photo has the name "Bill Metcalf", written in ink.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. 1888 Wagon Bridge over Maumee River - Print, Photographic

   This original picture shows the Wagon Bridge collapse of July 1941, with the milk truck and the steel framework in the Maumee River at Waterville, Ohio. Two men were in the milk truck when it dropped with the span, and they survived. The bridge was originally built in 1888, but had been condemned for vehicular traffic for some years at the time of the collapse. The back of the photo has the following, written in ink: "This is what happened to ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. 1904 Flood Scene before ice destroyed the bridge - Print, photographic

   This photograph shows the ice gorge on the Maumee River at Waterville, Ohio, in the winter of 1904, before it broke up and tore out 2 sections of the old 1888 Wagon Bridge. In the left foreground are 3 people in a horse drawn open buggy. Behind the people is the outhouse for the Waterville School. This point of view is looking northeast toward the Wood County side of the river.

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. 1941 Collapsed 1888 Wagon Bridge - Print, Photographic

   A black & white photograph of the collapsed span of the 1888 Wagon Bridge over the Maumee River in Waterville, Ohio. A milk truck caused the bridge to collapse in 1941, many years after the bridge had been deemed unsafe by the Ohio Department of Transportation. This view is looking northeast from the river level toward the Wood County side of the river. There are two men and a woman standing on the pier at the right side of the frame.

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. 1941 Collapse of 1888 Wagon Bridge - Print, Photographic

   A black & white photograph of the collapsed span of the 1888 Wagon Bridge over the Maumee River in Waterville, Ohio. A milk truck caused the bridge to collapse in 1941, many years after the bridge had been deemed unsafe by the Ohio Department of Transportation. This view is looking southeast toward the Wood County side of the river.

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. 1948 Bridge and Ice Jam - Print, Photographic

   A black and white photograph of the 1948 Bridge spanning the Maumee River in Waterville, Ohio, with slabs of ice jamming the shore in the foreground. This view is looking northeast, downriver, from the Lucas County side of the river.

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. 1948 Bridge spanning the Maumee River in Waterville, Ohio - Print, Photographic

   A black and white photograph, showing three spans, of the 1948 steel truss bridge spanning the Maumee River in Waterville, Ohio. This view is looking northeast toward the Wood County side of the river. This bridge carries State Route 64 across the river.

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Cars crossing Maumee River on Waterville Interurban Bridge - Print, Photographic

   This black and white photo, with a white border, shows two cars crossing the Maumee River on the Waterville Interurban Bridge, at Waterville, Ohio. Roche de Boeuf can be seen to the right of the bridge. This view is looking south from the Lucas County side of the river. In the right-hand foreground is an unidentified pole. This is probably during WW II, when the Interurban bridge was being used for automobile traffic after the collapse of the ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad Bridge, Waterville, Ohio - Drawing

    A pen and ink line drawing of the Waterville Interurban Bridge and Roche de Boeuf, black on white, signed by the artist, George L. Wagner, and numbered 299 of 300. The drawing is mounted in a narrow black frame and matted with a 2" wide black matte. This perspective is looking south southeast from the bank of the Lucas County side of the Maumee River, near Waterville, Ohio.

    Record Type: Object

    
11. C & L. E. Bridge and Roche de Boeuf Waterville, Ohio - Print, photographic

    A large color photo print of a piece of wood-burned art, created by the donor, Herbert E. Delventhal, featuring the Waterville Interurban Bridge and Roche de Boeuf in the Maumee River at Waterville, Ohio. The photo is mounted in a narrow, light brown, wooden frame, under glass. There is a thin (1") white paper strip which frames the photo, instead of a matting.

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Concrete Bridge - Postcard

    Concrete Bridge, also known as the Waterville Interurban Bridge, the Ohio Electric Bridge and Roche de Boeuf Bridge, on the Maumee River. This view is from Waterville, Ohio, looking southeast toward Wood County. Roche de Boeuf is on the right side. There is no message or writing on the back.

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Concrete Bridge Building - Postcard

    Building of the Roche de Boeuf Bridge, front of picture states "Concrete Bridge Across Maumee River (Bld'g) near Haskins, Ohio" The man standing on the bridge was Frank Mueller who worked on the bridge and wrote a note on the back of the postcard to the donor's mother (she was dating the man at the time), postmarked Oct. 25, 1907 . Also included with the donation was a scanned copy that was "cleaned up" by a computer program by the donor's friend...

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Concrete Bridge on Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio - Postcard

    This is an unused postcard with a photo of the concrete Waterville Interurban Bridge across the Maumee River in Waterville, Ohio, with the France Stone quarry crusher building in the background. The view is looking northwest toward the Lucas County side of the Maumee River, taken from the Wood County riverbank.

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Concrete Bridge, Waterville, Ohio - Postcard

    A postcard of the Waterville Interurban Bridge and Roche de Boeuf, in Waterville, Ohio. This view is looking southeast across the Maumee River toward the Wood County side of the river. The back of the postcard has a one cent U. S. stamp and a postmark of Waterville, Ohio, dated Dec. 2, 1910. The message is as follows: Dear Rob, This is the bridge that Jerome, Alfred & Frank worked on the largest bridge in the United States. We are all well h...

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Concrete (Roche de Boeuf) Bridge - Postcard

    A colorized postcard of the Waterville Interurban Bridge, over the Maumee River at Waterville, Ohio. This view is looking southwest toward the Wood County side of the river. There is gold text on the bottom front of the postcard, which reads as follows: Concrete Bridge (Luten Patents), 12 Spans 75 to 90 ft. each, On Ohio Electric Ry., at Waterville near Toledo, Ohio. From Catalogue of National Bridge Co., Indianapolis. The back of the postc...

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. Construction of the Waterville Interurban Bridge - Print, Photographic

    A black and white print copy of a J. F. T. Isham photograph of the Waterville Interurban Bridge, during construction. The print has a matte finish, with a white border, and seems to be looking southeast, from river level, with Roche de Boeuf at the extreme left side, and the wooden framework extending toward the Wood County side of the river.

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. Documents - Lifetime Interest In Roche de Boeuf Bridge Shared

    A newspaper article from the Anthony Wayne Standard, dated September 1975, highlighting Lulu Fowler Rodemich, her history regarding the Roche de Boeuf bridge and the interurban electric railway, for which it was built, and her association with the Roche de Boeuf Bridge Society.

    Record Type: Archive

    
19. Framework of Interurban Bridge - postcard

    This postcard shows the wooden framework of the Waterville Interurban Bridge, over the Maumee River. These were forms into which the concrete was poured. This view is looking northeast from the Wood County side of the river. On the center left you can see Roche de Boeuf, which is near the center of the river.

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. George Stevens's Spanish Castle at Roche de Boeuf - Carving

    A relief wood carving of the George Stevens's Spanish Castle at Roche de Boeuf, carved by Herbert Hover in 1992 (signed and dated on back). Made as a wall hanging. Brass plaque on bottom "George Stevens's Spanish Castle at Roche de Boeuf - Built 1923- Demolished 1967"

    Record Type: Object