More Pictures of the Unbuilt Grant Memorial Bridge

Published December 4, 2013

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Here are two more great images of the unbuilt Memorial Bridge, the bridge that was almost a tribute to Ulysses S. Grant. Read the previous post on that proposed bridge.

An early 1887 design for the memorial bridge across the Potomac River, by Paul J. Pelz.

A 1901 design for the memorial bridge by Edward P. Casey and William H. Burr, accepted by the Secretary of War but never constructed.

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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Robs Webstek

Posted in Lost History
and tagged 1880s, 1900s, Arlington Memorial Bridge, Ulysses S. Grant

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