Search billions of records on Ancestry.com
   

Steamboat Building   in Elizabeth, PA

A Journal of daily activities at the Elizabeth Marine Ways 1898 to 1925 

Town Scapes

Home ] Up ] Town Scenes ] [ Town Scapes ] Businesses ] Teams / Groups / Activities ] Lock #3 ] Memorabilia & Maps ] 1934 Centennial ] Lovedale Beach ] Unknown ]

 

 

To view a larger image click on that particular image... for a brief description of the image place your cursor on the image.

 

Elizabeth Bridge From the Marine Ways Early 1900s   ETHS

Postcard view of Elizabeth Bridge with boats tied up at Elizabeth Marine Ways in background

A similar scene as previous picture.  This from a postcard dated 1907

  

From collection of Art Schwartz....writing reads Elizabeth Bridge..our boat house   1909 ..Yacht Nellie.   Information on family that owned this boat house is appreciated  

Elizabeth Bridge postcard dated 1921 showing the boat house shown in previous photo.

 

Old Elizabeth Bridge with Elizabeth Marine Ways down riverLooking at Elizabeth across the river Looking at Elizabeth

These three photos give a panoramic view of Elizabeth, PA., the exact date is unknown but based upon other photos in the collection of the Elizabeth Marine Ways I would guess these to be between 1920 to 1930.  The town was not the subject of these photos, the barges were.

 

Elizabeth,  1930   This photograph is from the collection of Mark Dodd of Elizabeth Township.

Postcard is dated 1927

 

   Elizabeth Bridge 1940s   The Steamer B. F. FAIRLESS was built in 1927 as the YOUGHIOGHENY and then renamed CLAIRTON in 1952. this postcard is dated 1950.

 

The next three photos are from collection of Historic Pittsburgh dated 1948

Early in the construction of the "New" Elizabeth Bridge, note the house in relationship to the bridge.

From collection of Historic Pittsburgh

Later in the construction process with the bridge built, note the comparison of the house and bridge at this time.

From collection of Historic Pittsburgh

Close up of the photo above.

New Elizabeth Bridge - Route 51 - December, 1950   From collection of Alice Lynch

The "New" Elizabeth Bridge nearing completion, 1950.

 

Newspaper article on new bridge construction   Newspaper article on construction of new bridge  

Back Home Up Next