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Tamaulipas state, Mexico, circa 1891. "Tamesi bridge. Locale based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898)." 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
I remember seeing pictures of elevated wooden roadways from the 1920s. They had similar barrels at regular intervals. I was told they were in case of fire.
I am wondering what the man at this end of the bridge is signaling with that flag.
The telegraph pole and wires reaching for the sky are clues that there is a massive swing span at the center of this quite long and impressive structure.
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