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Hanging Bridge, Royal Gorge, Colorado, circa 1910

Subjects
Bridges & DamsMountains & HillsRailroads & Trains
Card type
Lithograph
Date
Postmarked October 2, 1911 (Golden Age)
Front of Hanging Bridge, Royal Gorge, Colorado, circa 1910, 1911 lithograph postcard
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Back of Hanging Bridge, Royal Gorge, Colorado, circa 1910, 1911 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The view looks down the narrow granite walls of the Royal Gorge to the Hanging Bridge, a steel span pinned between the canyon cliffs high above the Arkansas River. The bridge carried the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad's narrow-gauge line through the gorge, and its deck was partly suspended from the rock walls because no room existed for piers on the canyon floor. The Royal Gorge route, completed in the 1870s after the famous railroad war with the Santa Fe, remained one of Colorado's best-known scenic rail passages.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

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The Hanging Bridge, Royal Gorge, Colorado. --- POST CARD This side for Correspondence. This side for Address. Place Stamp Here
PostmarkedAthens, October 2, 1911, 07:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Audrey Faber

708 N 33rd Street, Richmond, VA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Athens
ConditionVery good
Place addressedAudrey Faber, 708 N 33rd Street, Richmond, VA
Place depictedRoyal Gorge, CO
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesColor lithograph with a fine screen texture; narrow white margin along the right and bottom edges; light edge wear. Postmark: ATHENS OCT 2 7 AM 1911 W. Divided-back privately printed card ("This side for Correspondence" / "This side for Address"); 1¢ green Franklin adhesive stamp; card stock toned and slightly soiled, light edge wear.

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Hanging Bridge, Royal Gorge, Colorado, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/hanging-bridge-royal-gorge-colorado-circa-1910. Accessed October 25, 2026.