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Memphis Queen stern wheeler passes through railroad bridge, 1955

Published in the Stuart News (1 Sep 1955) with caption: "A Memory Of The Old South Squeezes Through Rail Draw. The 87-ft. Memphis Queen is shown as she eased through the railroad bridge draw here Friday morning en route to a brief stay at Gulf Marine Service's dock. Reminiscent of the old South, the stern-wheeler is reputed to have been built in 1840, rebuilt in '28 and will be remodeled in Miami this winter."

Tags Boats, Bridges, Drawbridges, Stern wheelers

Old Roosevelt Bridge, 1962

Open drawbridge on the Roosevelt Bridge, before its expansion in 1964.

Tags Bridges, Drawbridges

F. E. C. Railroad Bridge, 1962

Drawbridge up on the F. E. C. Railroad Bridge.

Tags Bridges, Drawbridges, Railroad bridges

Roosevelt Bridge expansion construction, 1964

Roosevelt Bridge expansion construction with crane in operation near open drawbridge.

Tags Bridge construction, Drawbridges, Hoisting machinery

FEC Railroad Bridge looking north, 1925

Description written on back of photo reads "F. E. C. [Railroad] Bridge looking north from draw bridge tender, Fred Black, home." Fred Black served as the draw bridge operator in Stuart for many years. Fred Black was also a local fisherman of note and the father of this collection's donor, Virginius Black.

Tags Buildings, Drawbridges, Dwellings

FEC Railroad Bridge looking south, 1925

FEC railroad bridge across the St. Lucie River with the St. Lucie Yacht Club in the background.

Tags Buildings, Drawbridges, Waterways

Drawbridge with line of cars, Winter 1923

Line of cars waiting near a drawbridge taken from a boat on the waterway.

Tags Automobiles, Drawbridges

Waterway and drawbridge, Winter 1923

Waterway with an open drawbridge in the near distance. Several buildings line the waterway on both sides. Photo published in the February 1923 issue of Power Boating magazine (volume XXV, No. 2). Edythe Willoughby contributed an article to this issue of the magazine, titled “Cruising Northward in the Spring” about traveling in their houseboat named “Dorothy” from Miami, Florida to Newport, Rhode Island. Photo captioned in the article as “Lift bridge on the Coinjock canal.”

Tags Buildings, Piers & wharves, Waterways