The Demise of the 10th Avenue Bridge
In response to the previous post on Charles Tenney’s photos of Highland Avenue and the 10th Avenue Bridge, MaryLynn Pulscher sent her favorite photo of the 10th Avenue Bridge. It’s a fascinating bit of history itself. We don’t know the origin of the photo but believe it’s from a newspaper. If anyone knows who took it or where it was published, please let us know so we can give proper attribution.
David C. Smith
Minneapolis Park History 
The Historical Society has several photos of the “Lower Bridge” (aka Tenth Avenue South aka 6th Avenue SE), but apparently not this one. Be sure to use “Tenth Avenue” when searching their collection:
1875 glass plate http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10825910
Removal of the bridge http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/largerimage.php?irn=10198194&catirn=10848968
Newspaper story regarding eroding pier http://www.startribune.com/peer-at-this-minneapolis-bridge-pier-while-you-still-can/262964321/
Thanks, Joe. Great info.
I also received a note a few minutes ago from Bea Dunlap with a link to the photo from Iric Nathanson’s book The Minneapolis Riverfront. He attributes the photo to Hennepin County Library Special Collections. https://books.google.com/books?id=jaxpBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA83&lpg=PA83&dq=460+tons+of+steel+belongs+to+in+minneapolis&source=bl&ots=cfI0V27PKg&sig=iDt-djNknfHXNu3xhte6WZGtNrA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMIv47tgsqVyQIVjD0-Ch1TjQW0#v=onepage&q=460%20tons%20of%20steel%20belongs%20to%20in%20minneapolis&f=false
I should have known. Special Collections at the library is a remarkable resource for Minneapolis history.
Thanks MaryLynn, Joe, Bea and Iric for your contributions. And to Ted Hathaway and Bailey Diers at the library, too.