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Spokane -- Bridges, Second Monroe Street (#29)

Looking northeast in 1900 to the Monroe Street Bridge and streetcar traffic.

Spokane -- Bridges, Second Monroe Street (#21)

Looking northeast through the trees to the steel Monroe Street Bridge and its traffic.

Spokane -- Bridges, Second Monroe Street (#18)

Early construction of the second Monroe Street Bridge among the ruins of the first bridge in 1891.

Spokane -- Bridges, Second Monroe Street (#16)

Looking upstream toward the Lower Falls with the old steel Monroe Street Bridge and its streetcar traffic in the foreground. Taken about 1900.

Spokane -- Bridges, Second Monroe Street (#12)

Looking northeast toward the Lower Fall and the steel Monroe Street Bridge.

Spokane -- Bridges, Second Monroe Street (#11)

Looking east to the Lower Falls and the steel Monroe Street Bridge in an undated photo.

Spokane -- Bridges, Second Monroe Street (#09)

Looking west and downstream toward the old steel Monroe Street Bridge from the current site of the Downtown Library. Inland Empire System streetcars in the foreground.

Spokane -- Bridges, Second Monroe Street (#06)

Looking south across the Monroe Street Bridge to the Review Building.

Spokane -- Bridges, Second Monroe Street (#04)

Second Monroe Street Bridge under construction in 1891. Note the wooden scaffolding supporting the incomplete steel girders.

Spokane -- Bridges, Second Monroe Street (#03)

Courthouse, Monroe Street Bridge and Lower Fall taken from the Review Building after 1895. Pedestrian and streetcar traffic on the bridge and the Union Pacific viaduct over Monroe at Ide Avenue are visible.

Spokane -- Bridges, Second Monroe Street (#01)

Looking northwest across the Spokane river toward the Spokane County Courthouse. After 1895.

Spokane -- Bridges, Second Monroe Street (#36)

Looking north at carriage, streetcar and pedestrian traffic crossing the Spokane River in 1895. Livery stables at right are on the current site of the Downtown Library.

Spokane -- Bridges, First Monroe Street (#05)

Monroe Street Bridge showing foam from the falls obscuring the middle section of the bridge. Taken upstream of the bridge while looking southwest in 1890.

Spokane -- Bridges, First Monroe Street (#02)

Sepia image of the first Monroe Street Bridge crossing the Spokane River below the Falls. 1889 or 1890.

Spokane -- Bridges, Cable Road (#02)

The Cable Road bridge prior to 1889. This bridge was to the south of the current Sans Souci housing development (former site of Natatorium Park).

Spokane -- Bridges, High (#05)

A view of the Milwaukee/Union Pacific trestle across the Spokane River and Hangman (Latah) Creek taken in 1914.

Spokane -- Bridges, Hangman (#08)

A sepia-toned image of the old Hangman (Latah) Creek bridge taken from the south before 1910. In the foreground are the tracks of the Northern Pacific Railroad.

Spokane -- Bridges, Hangman (#07)

A view of the current Hangman (Latah) Creek bridge taken c. 1911. Remnants of the old bridge and the Latah Creek Trestle are visible to the north. Iin the foreground are the tracks of the Northern Pacific Railroad.

Spokane -- Bridges, Hangman (#05)

A view of a horse and buggy crossing old Hangman (Latah) Creek bridge. Billboards are visible along the railing of the bridge in the foreground and Browne's Addition is in the background. Approximately 1900.