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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. Willard Winner Willard Winner Photos, illustrations, and information on Willard Winner, traffic and parking visionary of Kansas City starting in the late 1800s, largely responsible for the ASB Bridge. Promoter, financier, and developer...
2. West Bottoms West Bottoms ca. 1930 Aerial view looking east across the West Bottoms from Kansas City, Kansas. Includes view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, as well as the 2nd Hannibal Bridge and the ASB bridge. Both the Kansas and Missouri...
3. To Avoid Walk of Death, Build a Better Bridge To Avoid Walk of Death, Build a Better Bridge September 21, 2006 Column describes the need for a bridge across the Missouri River that pedestrians and bicyclists could use safely. The ASB Bridge, the only one to provide a generous sidwalk when it was built, is now only...
4. The Chester Steams Through Missouri River's History The Chester Steams Through Missouri River's History September 10, 2008 Postcard image and short article about the Chester steamboat and the Armour, Swift and Burlington Bridge. The Chester was owned by the Kansas City Transporation and Steamship Company and transported passengers...
5. River Front, Now Firmly Anchored, Was Subject of Long Fight For Possession River Front, Now Firmly Anchored, Was Subject of Long Fight For Possession May/4/1951 Article relates the story of a tract of land on the south side of the Missouri River between the ASB Bridge and the Kansas City Power and Light northeast generating plant. The abstract of title for the...
6. Quality Hill Area Quality Hill Area 1956 Exact location not given, believed to be in the Quality Hill area just west of downtown Kansas City. View includes a parking lot and is looking toward the northeast. Adams Transfer & Storage Company can...
7. President Harry S. Truman Bridge President Harry S. Truman Bridge May/23/1945
8. Old Bridge Becomes Modern Type Old Bridge Becomes Modern Type September/12/1912 Description of a new lift bridge invented by J. A. L. Waddell to allow ships to pass.
9. North Kansas City: Golden Anniversary, 1912-1962 North Kansas City: Golden Anniversary, 1912-1962 1962, ca. Began operation in 1879 and ceased in 1912 when the ASB Bridge opened.
10. New Renovations Hold Big Expectations New Renovations Hold Big Expectations December 30, 2008 Work is progressing on changing portions of the south bank of the Missouri River near the River Market area. It will involve restoring a portion of the area to the way it would have looked to early settlers,...
11. Nashua, Missouri Nashua, Missouri Information about the history of Nashua, Missouri, in Clay County, on land "first purchased by Willard E. Winner of Nashua, N. H. [New Hampshire]," in the late 1800s, also the builder of the A. S. B. Bridge,...
12. Municipal Airport, Aerial View Municipal Airport, Aerial View 1971-11-07 Aerial view of the Municipal Airport showing runways and terminal. Missouri River travels from the north at the top of the frame and bends to the right, and the Kansas (Kaw) River meets up with the Missouri...
13. Municipal Airport Municipal Airport circa 1960s Aerial view of the Municipal Airport, later called the Kansas City Downtown Airport and later the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport. It is located in the bend of the Missouri River across from the convergence...
14. Municipal Airport Municipal Airport circa 1945-50 Aerial view looking toward the east showing the Municipal Airport in Kansas City, Missouri. The Missouri River can be seen with what appears to be ice floating in it. The ASB Bridge is also visible and...
15. Municipal Airport Municipal Airport circa 1970 Low, aerial view of Municipal Airport, looking toward the south with the Kansas City, Missouri skyline in view. A portion of the runway and the airport terminal building are visible as well as various...
16. Missouri River In Kansas City Missouri River In Kansas City 1910 Unidentified men and children with fishing nets along the north shore of the Missouri River; ASB Bridge under construction in the distance.
17. Missouri River Hydrographic Survey: Kansas City Reach-Kansas River Bend Missouri River Hydrographic Survey: Kansas City Reach-Kansas River Bend 1971 Map of the Kansas City Reach - Kansas River Bend stretch of the Missouri River, including the Broadway Bridge and the A.S.B. Bridge. Soundings across the width of the river are listed at every tenth of...
18. Missouri River Crossing Missouri River Crossing June 20, 1903 People crossing the Missouri River aboard a passenger ferry near a pier of the ASB Bridge.
19. Missouri River Channel Opening Ceremonies Missouri River Channel Opening Ceremonies June 27, 1932 Crowd at south end of ASB Bridge during ceremonies at the opening of the six-foot channel between Saint Louis and Kansas City.
20. Missouri River At Kansas City, Missouri Missouri River At Kansas City, Missouri 1921 Looking southeast from underneath the north end of the ASB Bridge.