What of the red Casino way bridge?What would be the chances of multiple photographs from the same event over 100 years ago?
http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...art=;resnum=86
http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...art=;resnum=90
I've been trying to figure out where exactly this image is taken from...and it turns out neither bridge [[the one in the foreground and in the background) exist anymore [[that is, if these pictures are facing south). The bridge that exists now closest to the casino was built around the first Grand Prix races on Belle Isle, and the farther bridge was built recently in 2007-2009.
http://g.co/maps/vrgqq
It looks as though the Band Stand, the main bridge in the photographs, was demolished sometime before 1949. It's pictured in the below aerial [[1940) but it's not on the DTE aerial archives [[1949).
http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...rt=;resnum=115
It looks like it was a popular scene since there are permanent benches and a few postcards of the spot.
http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...rt=;resnum=196
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/det.4a10930/
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICHIGAN-DET...#ht_1046wt_825
http://www.cardcow.com/170701/lagoon...roit-michigan/
http://www.cardcow.com/331744/canoes...roit-michigan/
People would get their canoes from up the canal.
http://g.co/maps/5mht2
Evidenced by attractive lady and Detroit skyline in the background.
http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...rt=;resnum=282
That building was then demolished and replaced in the 1960s [[looks like a boat holding place or something, can't tell on aerial pictures) only to be demolished in 2005-6.
Sorry, I went into a curious mystery and learned a whole lot. Forgive me if this was known already.
The plaque on it claims it was built in 1893 by the King Bridge Co., Cleveland OH.
Is this one of the bridges in the photos?
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