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| Title | Red River bridge weighed down with railroad cars during the 1897 flood, Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1897-04-07 |
| Creator | Flaten, O. E. (Ole E.), 1865-1933
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | This image is taken from Moorhead looking southwest across the flooded Red River, showing two bridges. One of them is the Northern Pacific railroad bridge with railroad cars on it. Threshing machines are on the other bridge. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Weather
Transportation
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Railroad bridges
Railroads
Rivers
Floods
Bridges
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| Organization Name | Northern Pacific Railroad Company
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| Location | Red River of the North
Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
Moorhead (Minn.)
Clay County (Minn.)
Minnesota
United States
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| Address | Fargo (N.D.) - Main Avenue
Fargo (N.D.) - Main Avenue - 50-99 block
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| Decade | 1890-1899
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| Item Number | 328.2.3 |
| Negative Number | Neg.120mm-113 (copy neg.) |
| Format of Original | Gelatin silver prints
Albums
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| Dimensions of Original | 20 x 25 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Flaten, O. E. (Ole E.)
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| Place of Publication | Moorhead (Minn.)
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| Transcription | "This view of the Northern Pacific bridge and the old south bridge was taken from the foot of what is now Center Avenue in Moorhead. The building shown at the lower right was the old steamboat freight house, which stood just across Third Street from what is now the Moorhead Daily News building, but which was then occupied by the Zervas & Kippels meat market. The objects seen on the south bridge are steam threshing engines placed there to weight down the bridge." - Identification by James Fay, 1954, and typed on identification sheet. |
| Notes | Title taken from front of photograph.
Photograph housed in album entitled "Photo Views of Moorhead and Vicinity. By O. E. Flaten". |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Moorhead, Minn. Photograph Collection 328
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| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (328.2.3) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs005726 |
| Original Source | Photograph |
