The Kansas City Bridge
Artist
Joseph P. Babbitt
(American, born 1830)
Date1870
MediumBook
DimensionsOverall: 11 3/4 × 9 3/4 × 1 3/8 inches (29.85 × 24.77 × 3.49 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4903
Signednone
InscribedOn cover page, upper right, in pencil: "p.76. Morison";
On cover page, center, in pencil: "the author's (morison) copy / from his library. / Extra-illustrated with / 14 mounted 40 photo-/graphs showing work in / progress. (by Stillman!).
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DescriptionBound book by O. Chanute, Chief Engineer, and George Morrison, Assistant Engineer. "The Kansas City Bridge" (New York: D. Van Nostrand, Publisher, 1870). The book describes the history of the project, details of the foundatations, masonry, superstructure, and cost along with illustrations and photographs.
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Joseph P. Babbitt
1867
2005.27.255
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