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Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "We have in the above picture a representation of
a bridge over the Jordan. It is a midern structure and evidently not very permanent. Till the Romans came there were no bridges
in Palestine. 'Like the name for font, the name for bridge, does not occur in the Old Tesament.' But two ancient bridges span
the River Jordan: The one, Jisr Benât Yercob--the Bridge of Jacob's Daughter, vol. 3, page 1295. The other, the Jisr-el Magamia,
is the one over the Jordan south of Lake Tiberias. It is built of trap rock and has one grand central arch with three small
ones. The bridge represented above is mainly used by the natives as a foot bridge. This bridge affords the only means of crossing
the Jordan for many miles. The photographic view shows, besides bridge and river, the foliage and flowers that ornament attractively
many portions of the Jordan." "Franklin Co Eng-Chi" is printed at the bottom of the photograph
A wooden truss bridge over the Jordan River
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