While usually called the Roebling Bridge, or the Suspension Bridge, John Roebling called it
Suspension Bridge from the Newport Barracks
The Great Bridge, c. 1880
both are old stereoview cards
Front and back of an old stereoview card
Note the sign on the upper right of the bridge.
Suspension Bridge and Covington Riverfront
right, November 16, 1927
c. 1870's
The Suspension Bridge was opened
on Saturday, December 1, 1866. 46,000 people
crossed. The next day was an unseasonably warm Sunday, and
it's estimated that
120,000 people came out. The
formal dedication was the following New Year's Day.
In the 1884 Flood
In the 1937 Flood
notice the back up into the "Newport fill" on the left picture
These seven stereoview cards are from the late 1800's
left, A close up of the Suspension
Bridge
right, Note the flooring of the bridge
These are both old Stereoview cards, circa 1880
The Green Line Heads for Latonia, 1938
Note that the Suspension is a toll bridge
"Jamming Barges Under the Suspension Bridge"
a painting by H. H. Wessel, 1921
Suspension Bridge, circa 1903
Suspension Bridge
1912 | unknown
The most common of
all Covington postcards is a
variation of the above two shots of the Suspension Bridge
I think of this as my Mike Brown Card
Suspension Bridge
unknown | 1928
The original plan was for a single tower in the center of the river.
Suspension Bridge, 1934
from the US Army, Chief of Engineers
19th century
c. 1935
Looking south toward Covington, 1931
1898
Construction Views
| The Ticket, a Covington newspaper, cited an Ohio Law, which said that the Suspension Bridge must charge 15% less than ferries then operating, and published a comparison of rates to cross the Suspension bridge in 1876, and the comparable ferry rates from 1863. It's here. |
The Enquirer's 1900 article on Ohio River bridges is here.
John A. Roebling's bio on Wikipedia is here.
There are several plaques on the ends of the bridge. You
can see
close-up's of them, here.
Last and least. What were they thinking?
