Wheeling Suspension Bridge 1999 Restoration, 1995–1999

Kemp consulted on the restoration of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in the late 1990s in conjunction with A.G. Lichtenstein & Associates. The box includes work from the restoration, including restoration project proposals, budget lists, correspondence, engineering drawings, photographic prints, facsimile and original handwritten notes, and clippings. Subjects include the restoration of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia; cables across the bridge; the bridge’s paint colors; photographing the bridge restoration; a film about the Wheeling Suspension Bridge; the construction crew; the bridge’s collapse; the Ohio River; and the National Road. Highlights include a sample of the paint used on the bridge (unclear if it’s a sample of the original paint or the paint used for the restoration), and the script for the film, “The Wheeling Suspension Bridge: Monument to the Age of Innovation and Expansion.” The following oversized items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 10, Folder 7: 4 brochures (1996-1998 and undated), 36 sheets engineering drawings (1979-1998), and 5 sheets newspapers (1997-1999).