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  • Collection: Photo File: Bridges

Photo of Covered Bridge Over Sangamon River

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Photograph of a covered bridge over the Sangamon River. Photo by Noel C. Dicks, Arthur, IL.

Photo of County Line Bridge on the Sangamon River.

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Photograph of the County Line Bridge that crosses the Sangamon River, trees are covered with sleet.

Photo of bridge facing upstream near where the dam was built.

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Photograph of of bridge on Lake Decatur. "This photo, taken before Lake Decatur filled up, faces east, upstream from about where the dam was later built." Photo by Rembrandt

On The Sangamon At the St. Louis Bridge

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Photograph of the St. Louis Bridge taken in 1896 from the Sangamon River. The other photo is a close up of the bridge.

Illinois Terminal Bridge Construction

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Photograph of the Illinois Terminal Bridge construction over the Sangamon River. J. K. Stafford was probably Decatur's first industrial photographer. For 26 years he was employed by the Decatur Bridge Company and during this time took hundreds of…

Illinois Central Railway Bridge

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Photograph of a steam engine on the Illinois Central Railway Bridge. Photo taken Jan 20, 1907 from the County Bridge. The waterworks is shown at the right in this picture. Print from J. K. Stafford Collection of negatives taken in the late 1890's and…

Illinois Central Railroad Bridge looking down stream.

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Photograph of the Illinois Central Railroad Bridge looking downstream. This photo was taken before Lake Decatur filled up. It is looking downstream, west toward the Illinois Central R.R. bridge. The bridge also was later raised from the level shown…

Cowford Bridge

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Photograph of Cowford Bridge, now cleared away for Decatur Lake, before 1922.

County Bridge Looking Upstream From Waterworks

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Photograph of the county bridge looking upstream from near the waterworks. Photo was taken before the lake filled up. Photo by Rembrandt Studio of Decatur, IL.

Bridges over Decatur Lake, Decatur, IL.

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Photograph of bridges; railroad and vehicle, taken Aug 1950 by W. M. Bishop of Decatur, IL.