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Documentary: 19th Century William Notman and the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, Canada (1858-1860)
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William Notman, 1859 (ca, published), The Victoria Tubular Bridge, across the St. Lawrence, Montreal. Total length will be 10,284 feet, or about 50 yards less than 2 miles - now building, Engraving, Google Books, LL/38928
William Notman, 1859 (ca), James Hodges and staff, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38915
William Notman, 1858 (taken), Large boulder raised from coffer dam, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on glass - Gelatin dry plate process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38907
William Notman, 1860, The Removal of a Large Boulder during the Construction of the Victoria Bridge, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Ink on paper, wood engraving, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38908
William Notman, 1859, Framework of tube and staging no. 8, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38912
William Notman, 1860, Laying Bottom of Tube, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Print, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38917
William Notman, 1859, Centre tube, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38913
William Notman, 1860, Centre tube in progress, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Coloured ink on paper, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38927
William Notman, 1859 (taken) 1971 (print), Men destroying coffer dam crib, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on film (safety) - Gelatin silver process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38909
William Notman, 1859, Laying the foundation stone of no. 11 pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38914
William Notman, 1859, Steam dredge for puddling, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38918
William Notman, 1859 (taken), No. 13 pier showing river current, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38919
William Notman, 1859 (taken) 1971 (print), No. 11 coffer dam, 24 feet below surface, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on film (safety) - Gelatin silver process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38920
William Notman, 1859, Bottom of centre tube, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38911
William Notman, 1858 (taken), Piers in course of construction, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on glass - Gelatin dry plate process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38922
William Notman, 1858, Staging for first tube on south side, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38924
William Notman, 1859, Abutment walls from entrance to no. 1 tube, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38925
William Notman, 1858 (ca), Pier in course of construction, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38926
William Notman, 1859, Bridge in progress from north abutment, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38923
William Notman, 1863 (print), Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38921
Alexander Henderson, 1870 (ca), Victoria Bridge from an ice pile, Montreal, QC, Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38916
   
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