This postcard shows a view of the Broadway Bridge across the Minnesota River at St. Peter. This swing bridge, used from 1887 to 1929, could be turned in order to allow the passage of riverboats.
Bridge crossed the dry creek bed of Minnehaha Creek after a long dry spell. Writer watched for President Taft to cross the bridge in an auto during his visit to Minneapolis, but missed seeing him, dated November 12, 1909.
Two railroad bridges crossing the Mississippi River, including the Stone Arch Bridge. A man is standing along the bank and the milling district is visible in the background.
This is a view of the west end of the Broadway Bridge over the Minnesota River at St. Peter, along Highway 99. The bridge was completed about 1930. This postcard negative, marked 3709, has been converted to a digital positive image.
This photograph shows the Broadway Bridge over the Minnesota River at St. Peter in 1908, a year of extensive flooding along the river. The bridge was constructed in order to permit it to turn to allow the passage of riverboats. It spanned the river from about 1887 to about 1930. Notice the two grain elevators in the distance in Le Sueur County.
This image shows the Broadway Bridge over the Minnesota River at St. Peter. This postcard negative, marked 4199, has been converted to a digital positive image.
This postcard shows the Broadway bridge over the Minnesota river at St. Peter. In the foreground is the western end of the bridge. A portion of the bridge deck collapsed in 1929 as a truck was being driven across it, leading to the construction of a new bridge at the same site.
This postcard shows a view of the Broadway Bridge over the Minnesota River at St. Peter. The top portion of a grain elevator east of the river is visible.
This postcard shows a view of the Broadway Bridge over the Minnesota River at St. Peter. A grain elevator, the railroad depot, and a train pulled by a steam locomotive are visible in the distance.
This postcard shows a view of the Broadway Bridge over the Minnesota River. The photo was taken from a location on the west side of the river, north of the bridge, at the time of a flood.
This photograph shows people standing on the Broadway Bridge in St. Peter in April of 1897 at the time of a Minnesota River flood. Two grain elevators are visible to the east beyond the bridge.
This photograph shows the Broadway Bridge over the Minnesota River at St. Peter. The swing bridge, which was used from 1887 to 1929, is shown in the open position.
This postcard shows a view of the Broadway bridge over the Minnesota River in St. Peter. The building in the distance is on the east side of the river.