Cos-Cob Bridge, Miamus River, looking west, by Whitney, Beckwith & Paradice (cropped)

Earlier Cos Cob railroad bridge over the Mianus River, looking west, approximately 1865–1870.

Evidence, credit & reuse: Public domain in the United States (source file license). Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. This nineteenth-century photograph depicts an earlier railroad bridge, not the later bascule bridge discussed in the collection history. Original repository record: https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11707687

Source: Whitney, Beckwith & Paradice / New York Public Library / Public domain

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Cos-Cob Bridge, Miamus River, looking west, by Whitney, Beckwith & Paradice (cropped) — Whitney, Beckwith & Paradice / New York Public Library / Public domain. circa 1865–1870 (source uncertain). Open the full image to inspect small print.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Mianus River Railroad Bridge, SGC-CT071-071, CT071-P02, “Cos-Cob Bridge, Miamus River, looking west, by Whitney, Beckwith & Paradice (cropped).” Source: Whitney, Beckwith & Paradice / New York Public Library / Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cos-Cob_Bridge,_Miamus_River,_looking_west,_by_Whitney,_Beckwith_%26_Paradice_(cropped).jpg. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-12.

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