Louis Edward Nollau High Bridge Photographic Collection
Abstract
The Louis Edward Nollau High Bridge Collection (dated 1910-1912, 1948-1950s; 1 cubic foot; 72 items) depicts the rebuilding of the High Bridge railroad bridge around 1910 to 1911.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Louis Edward Nollau High Bridge Photographic Collection
- Date
- 1910-1912, 1948-1950s
- Extent
- 1.0 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Bridges--Design and construction.
- Bridges--Kentucky--History--Pictorial Works.
- Bridges--Kentucky--Kentucky River.
- Cantilever bridges
- Historic bridges.
- Railroads--Southern States--Pictorial works.
- Railroads--United States
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged into two series: High Bridge and Miscellaneous.
- Preferred Citation
- 80PA121: [identification of item], Louis Edward Nollau High Bridge Photographic Collection, 1910-1912, 1948-1950s, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Louis Edward Nollau was born in Quincy, Illinois, in 1883. The son of Louis George and Lydia Mueller Nollau, little is known of his early life. He graduated from Manual Training High School, Louisville, in 1902 and in 1904 received a B.M.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the then State College of Kentucky, now the University of Kentucky. In 1908 he earned a M.E. in Engineering from the University. From 1904 to 1908, he served as an instructor and later assistant professor in the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department, teaching Wood Shop and Engineering Drawing. In 1908, he was appointed a full professor of Engineering Drawing. Married in 1911 to Hazel Fenton, he served as Head of the Department from 1916 to 1939. Active as a speaker at many meetings of the Lexington Camera Club, he lectured on the history of photography. Retired in 1953, he was placed on Special Assignment and continued teaching until his death.
- Located over the Kentucky River, High Bridge was once the highest bridge in North America and the highest railroad bridge in the world. A bridge was begun in the 1850s for the Lexington and Danville Railroad. It was to be a suspension bridge, designed by John A. Roebling, but was never completed. (The towers for the suspension cables were built and remained until 1929.) A bridge of cantilever design was finally opened in 1877 on the Cincinnati Southern Railway, 275 feet tall and 1,125 feet long, and dedicated by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1879. A new bridge was built around the existing structure in 1911 and expanded to two tracks in 1929.
- Scope and Content
- The Louis Edward Nollau High Bridge Collection (dated 1910-1912, 1948-1950s; 1 cubic foot; 72 items) depicts the rebuilding of the High Bridge railroad bridge around 1910 to 1911. The bulk of the collection consists of images of the High Bridge Railroad Bridge. The other photographs are of various people and scenes around Lexington, Kentucky. The collection is comprised of silver prints that have been mounted on backing board.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- All rights to the photographs, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries. Photographs may be reproduced with permission from Audio-Visual Archives, Special Collections and Digital Programs, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Contents of the Collection
High Bridge, 1910-1912
"The Evolution of Power on the Queen and Crescent Railroad" -four trains on railroad tracks, undated
"Cincinnati, New Orleans, & Texas Pacific #810" -train carrying pile of bricks and rocks on railroad tracks, undated
High Bridge, 1911 July 19
High Bridge, undated
High Bridge over a river, undated
High Bridge in front of a mountain, undated
Crane on High Bridge doing construction, 1911 August 1
Trains and crane on High Bridge doing construction, 1911 August 1
High Bridge over a river, undated
High Bridge, 1911 November 22
Looking down on High Bridge over a river, undated
High Bridge with stacks of strips of wood below, undated
High Bridge going through a tunnel at the end, undated
High Bridge over a pile of rocks, undated
High Bridge, undated
Railroad tracks of High Bridge, undated
Railroad tracks running under the railroad tracks of High Bridge, undated
Railroad tracks of High Bridge, undated
High Bridge, undated
High Bridge with wooden fence surrounding the grass below, undated
High Bridge, undated
High Bridge, undated
High Bridge, undated
Railroad tracks below High Bridge, 1911 November 16
High Bridge-five people walking ahead, 1911 November 16
Barrels on the edge of High Bridge-train on railroad tracks below, undated
Two tunnels under High Bridge-railroad tracks is under one of them, 1911 November 16
High Bridge-dirt road running under it and a woman walking on the road, undated
High Bridge, undated
High Bridge, 1912 March 26
People working the train and crane for construction on the High Bridge, 1911 August 3
People using cranes and trains to construct High Bridge, 1911 August 3
Men working to construct High Bridge, undated
High Bridge under construction-carriage below, undated
High Bridge-houses below, undated
High Bridge, undated
High Bridge, undated
High Bridge, undated
Cranes doing construction on High Bridge, 1910 April 20
Construction under way on post of High Bridge, 1910 August 3
Crane on High Bridge doing construction, 1910 May 18
Two trains on High Bridge, 1910 May 25
Construction on post of High Bridge, undated
Construction on post of High Bridge, 1910 August 8
Construction on High Bridge, 1910 September 12
Train on High Bridge, 1910 September 26
Construction on both ends of High Bridge, 1910 October 3
High Bridge under construction, 1910 October 10
Construction work being done on High Bridge, 1910 October 31
High Bridge under construction, 1910 October 31
Construction on High Bridge-man beside CAUTION sign, 1910 October 10
Railroad tracks of High Bridge-Kentucky River sign, 1910 September 12
Men doing construction on one end of High Bridge, 1910 November 29
Railroad tracks of High Bridge, 1910 December 12
Railroad tracks of High Bridge-men walking ahead, 1910 October 10
Train on High Bridge, 1910 November 7
High Bridge, 1911 March 23
Train on High Bridge, undated
Train on High Bridge, 1911 September 11
Tracks of High Bridge, 1911 June 7
Men sitting and standing on High Bridge-train on top tracks, 1911 September 11
Lexington, Ky., 1948, undated
Little girls standing in front of a picket fence surrounding two buildings-two men standing at the gate, undated
Portrait of Eugene Erwin Simpson 1899-1902; Gift of T.R. Bryans, 1948 July 29
"Styles Howard; Remus Payrie-Lexington, KY; F.Y. Johnson; M.A. Doyle-Paris, KY; H.S. Fry-Lexington; W.E. Freeman.-Lexington, KY; C.H. Gullion-New Castle, KY; Eugene Gilliland-Churault, KY; E.T. Dawling-Lexington, KY; Louis E. Nollau-Louisville, KY; J.T. Faig-Lexington, KY; Junior Mechanical Engineers, Inspection Trip, Interior of Niles Tool Works, Hamilton Ohio", undated
Probably for Dr. Pryor by Nollau- hand x-ray, undated
Picture of buildings surrounded by trees and road with fork in it-duplicate below, undated
"Main & Lime-1859 Lexington, KY many horses and carriages on the street", undated
"Spanish War drill in Lexington, KY-men on horses", undated
Home of Miss Iva Dagley in the 1950s [on Linden Walk-one of fraternities used it at one time?], 1950s
Duplicate of 68, undated
Broadway Christian Church, undated
Lexington Street Car Center-opposite the Court House U.A. Collection, undated
"Building of the Hotel Lafayette in Lexington, KY", undated
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