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A picture of a railway suspension bridge over a gorge

A dark, painted or engraved picture under a heavy, clouded sky: a suspension bridge with cables sagging between its towers spans a deep gorge, a steam locomotive with a plume of smoke crosses on its deck, and wooded banks fall away to the water far below. The picture resembles the railway suspension bridge that John A. Roebling built below Niagara Falls in 1855, the first of its kind to carry trains.

Period
c. 1850–1900
Credit
US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

Specifications

Clip name
HFE004212
Length
0' 10"
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Frames per Second
25 fps
Chroma Subsampling
yuv422p10le
Resolution
1920 × 1080
Format
MOV
File Size
238,153,396 bytes
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