The Bridge at St. Louis

The Bridge at St. Louis Created in St. Louis by Compton & Co in 1874 and printed by Chromo Litho Press Democrat Litho & Ptg. Co.Print was a chromolithograph at 27 9/16 x 38 3/8 in.

View of completed St. Louis Bridge, with steamboats in Mississippi River, surrounded by eight views of stages of bridge construction, based on photographs taken in 1874 by R. Benecke, sections of pier and machinery, and portrait of Capt. James B. Eads, chief engineer.