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Title: Historic Spots or Mile-Stones in the Progress of Wyandotte County, Kansas
Description: Reconstruction of the 12th Street Viaduct following its damage by the 1903 flood.
Date: 1935
Object Type: Book

Title: 12th Street Viaduct
Description: Postcard of the 12th Street Viaduct.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: 12th Street Bridge
Description: Looking east along the north side of the bridge from the ground.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 12th Street Bridge
Description: Distant view of entire bridge, looking northwest. Car in foreground.
Date: 1916
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 12th Street Bridge
Description: Distant view, looking northwest, of south side of bridge.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 12th Street Bridge
Description: Distant view of entire bridge, looking northwest.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 12th Street Bridge
Description: Distant view, looking northwest, of south side of bridge.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 12th Street Bridge
Description: Looking east along the north side of the bridge from the ground.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Contract Let for 12th Street Viaduct
Description: Report about the new bridge to be built by Graff Construction Company, replacing Kansas City's last cable car line, in service for 25 years.
Date: 1913-08-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Contract Let for 12th Street Viaduct
Description: "The Graff Construction Company of Seattle, Washington was awarded the contract for building the new West Twelfth street viaduct by the board of public works at its meeting yesterday. Its bid . . . was $593,624.48, about $1,500 less than previously had been published."
Date: 1913-08-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: SC102 Bridge Quantity Record Books Finding Aid
Description: This collection contains four record books with quantity listings for bridge/viaduct construction in Kansas City. They were maintained by a Kansas City (Mo.) City Hall office, although the department is not identified in the books. The first two books pertain to the 12th Street Trafficway bridge and the third and fourth books pertain to the Wyandotte Street Viaduct at 31st Street as well as a number of other bridges. Each contains dates as well as quantity listings for materials such as steel, concrete, sand, lumber, crushed rock, etc., used in the construction process. The first three also list various company names that were contracted for the work. Numerous pages include diagrams.
Date: 1913/1917
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Get It Done
Description: Illustration and brief text about controlling traffic.
Date: 1921-03-29
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: 12th Street Bridge
Description: Distant view, looking southwest, of north side of bridge; also shows 8th Street bridge leading into the 8th Street Tunnel.
Date: 1926-09-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 12th Street Viaduct Links Downtown to Bottoms
Description: Photo postcard showing the construction of the "new" 12th Street Viaduct and an accompanying article about its opening on March 8, 1915.
Date: 2011-07-20
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Bridges: Construction of the Twelfth St. Trafficway Viaduct, Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Discussion and illustration of cross-section and aerial layouts of construction plans for the 12th Street Viaduct. Intended to "facilitate the usual street traffic between sections of Kansas City, Mo., which are separated topographically."
Date: 1915-10-27
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Souvenir of Kansas City and Her Fire Department
Description: Photo or illustration of the "Great 12th Street Viaduct over Railroad Tracks."
Date: 1893
Object Type: Book

Title: Building Rapid-Transit Viaduct, Kansas City
Description: Photos, drawings, and descriptions of construction plans for the 12th Street Viaduct.
Date: 1928-10-18
Object Type: Magazine Article