Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge
Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge | |
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The bridge in 2013 | |
| Coordinates | 42°21′15″N 71°04′12″W / 42.354127°N 71.069915°W |
| Locale | Boston Public Garden |
| History | |
| Architect | William G. Preston |
| Engineering design by | Clemens Herschel |
| Opened | 1867 |
| Location | |
The Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge is a pedestrian bridge crossing the lagoon in Boston Public Garden, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Description and history
Built in 1867, it was the world's shortest functioning suspension bridge before its conversion to a girder bridge in 1921.[1]
A plaque reads, "Public Garden / Foot Bridge / Opened June 1, 1867 / Designers / Clemens Herschel, Civil Engineer / 1842 - 1930 / William G. Preston, Architect / 1842 - 1910 / Tablet Placed June 1, 1936 / Boston Society of Civil Engineers".[2]
The bridge is surrounded with "a horticultural effusion of specimen trees and carpet bedding (...) replacing a private effort to create a horticultural garden on the site of ropewalks that had been destroyed by fire".[3]
The route of the Swan Boats passes under the bridge.
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The bridge, 2019
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The bridge at night, 2007
See also
References
- ^ "Bridge under construction on Stuart Street - Boston Business Journal". Archived from the original on May 29, 2012.
- ^ "Boston Garden Foot Bridge - 1867 - Boston, MA". Waymarking. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ Keith N. Morgan, "Boston Public Garden", Boston, Massachusetts, SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012 - Society of Architectural Historians and University of Virginia Press. [1]
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MA-76, "Boston Public Garden, Suspension Bridge, Boston Public Garden, Boston, Suffolk County, MA", 6 photos, 1 photo caption page
- Public Garden Footbridge, 1867, cultureNOW