Kettle Falls Bridge Columbia River at Kettle Falls Washington WA Postcard.

The Kettle Falls Bridges is the collective name for a pair of steel cantilever bridges carrying State Route 20/U.S. Route 395 and the Kettle Falls International Railway across the Columbia River at Kettle Falls, Washington. The south bridge carries motor vehicle traffic while the similar northern span is used for rail. On May 3, 1941, the Columbia River road bridge at Kettle Falls opened to traffic. The bridge is primarily a steel cantilever structure with an almost horizontal top chord and sloping bottom chords, designed to reduce the height of the concrete piers. Concrete T-beam approach spans are used, with unusual sloping concrete bets that serve to laterally brace the first piers supporting the steel structure against pressure of embankment fill. The central span is 300 feet long, with 150-foot cantilevered spans for a total span between piers of 600 feet. Anchor spans are 225 feet, with a 143-foot east approach span and a 73-foot west approach span.

Koppel Color Cards (1954-1985) Hawthorne, NJ: A major publisher and printer of photochrome postcards.

John Boyd Ellis attended the University of Washington and Western Washington University. After graduation J. Boyd became the principal of Marysville High School, Washington until 1921 when he began photographing his state and purchased a photography studio in Arlington, Washington. His business was mainly tourism postcards and was called the Ellis Post Card Company. J. Boyd had a son, Clifford B. Ellis who joined the photography business. In 1959 J. Boyd retired from the business and Clifford continued to operate the studio. The Ellis studio produced around 5,000 postcards both by John Boyd and Clifford. J. Boyd died in 1983 and Clifford died in 1992.

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