Holy Land Digital Image Collections

Bain, Robert E. M

The Bridge over the Jordan [Graphic]

Earthly Footsteps of The Man of Galilee Being Three Hundred and Eighty-Four Original Photographic Views and Descriptions of the Places Connected with the Earthly Life of Our Lord and His Apostles Traced with Note Book and Camera showing where Christ was born, brought up, baptized, tempted, transfigured and crucified, together with the scenes of his prayers, tears, miracles and sermons, and also places made sacred by the labors of his apostles, from Jerusalem to Rome by Bishop John H. Vincent, D.D., LL.D., Rev. James W. Lee, D.D., and R.E.M. Bain. London: W.A. Hammond, Holborn Hall, E.C.

St. Louis, 1894.

1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 18 cm ( 10 x 7 in).

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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Bridges

5484BAI/LVii210CAJS

CAJS Image Collection LVii BAI 5484 LVii210CAJS

The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Jordan River (Israel and Jordan)