Eads Arch Bridge, 1999

In 2000, Kemp reviewed and critiqued a manuscript initially titled St. Louis Bridgeby Robert W. Jackson, although the book’s title upon publication was Rails Across the Mississippi: A History of the St. Louis Bridge. This box includes a draft and pictures for the book, and correspondence about the book. Subjects include the Eads Bridge over the Mississippi River connecting St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois; James Eads; St. Louis, Missouri; and East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois; the St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad; the Illinois Central Railroad; Rock Island Bridge; Carnegie and Associates; Effie Afton; etc.