Bridge Street Draw with draw open, July 26, 1897
The Bridge Street drawbridge across Frankford Creek with its draw open. Photograph taken Monday, July 26, 1897.
Between 1896 and 1899 two bridges over Frankford Creek, at Bridge Street and Orthodox Street, were rebuilt to facilitate the passage of small boats and barges up and down the creek. This work might have been in response to an 1882 Army Corps of Engineers report, calling for dredging and other improvements to the creek for navigation purposes.