Setting Girders for a bridge at North Manchester Indiana Larry Baggerly said: This is a unique picture for two reasons - 1] The B&B folks were really in their ELEMENT, and 2] the Photographer wasn't!! My travels have permitted me to acquire such 'GEMS', and keep a few. One must admire those old RR guys from the past. Who would have thought today that the same bridge in North Manchester was constructed in this fashion???? Regards to GAD--the DOOR-KNOB-GANG was proud in thisun!! Lawrence Baggerly Collection. Oops!! This was 1900... not 1906.
Roger, it really is amazing how all of this infrastructure got built. Some serious planning and engineering went into this bridge. I'm surprised that girders were used back in 1900. It wasn't that many years before that everything was wood.
