Bridge of Sighs
Bridge of Sighs names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below. 1 of them is described by more than one encyclopedia.
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Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
VENICE The St. Louis bridge, across the Mississippi river, from St. Louis, Mo., to East St. Louis, Ill., is regarded as one of the greatest triumphs of American engineering. It was designed by James B. Eads; was begun in 1869, and was completed in 1874. Several bridges have been constructed as war memorials. A notable one is the State Soldiers' and Sailors' memorial bridge at Harrisburg, Pa., built at a cost of over $2,000,000, and completed in 1919. Besides the bridges here enumerated, there are many other notable specimens of bridge architecture in this country. BRIDGE, SIR FREDERICK, an English organist and composer, born in Old- こころって it 11114 Turi 1- ミ 100 ミ bury, Worcestershire, Dec. 5, 1844; was organist of Trinity Church, Windsor, Manchester Cathedral, and, since 1875, full organist of Westminster Abbey. He wrote the oratorio, "Mount Moriah," the cantata, "Boadicea," the cantata, "Callirhoe," the oratorio, "The Repentance of Nineveh," etc. He has set many hymns sion of "Rock of Ages."
Bridge of Sighs a bridge of Venice spanning a narrow canal between
Described by 2 of the 6 encyclopedias.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
a bridge of Venice spanning a narrow canal between the ducal palace and the prison. It was constructed in 1597. It is a graceful structure over thirty feet above the water. It is inclosed at the side, and has two arched passageways through which prisoners were conveyed to trial or led to execution. See Venice I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand. --Byron, Childe Harold.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a bridge in Venice, spanning the Rio della Paglia the ducal palace with and connecting the prisons. It dates back to 1597 and forms a graceful arch 32 feet above the water, inclosed at the sides and arched overhead. It contains two passages, through which prisoners were led for trial, judgment or punishment.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
The stonework Aiton's described in 1910 is still there, still spanning the Rio di Palazzo about 30 feet above the water, still enclosed with its two separate passages. What has shifted is the story told about it: the accounts' image of prisoners "led to execution" has given way to the drier truth that the cells it served, the Prigioni Nuove finished around 1600, held mainly minor offenders, and that the very name comes from Byron's line quoted above rather than from Venetian usage. The bridge has also become one of the most photographed objects in Europe, and its 2010-11 cleaning was paid for by a sponsor whose advertising hoardings around the Doge's Palace caused a public row. Visitors can now walk the passages themselves on the palace's interior route, and a modern legend promises eternal love to couples who kiss beneath it in a gondola at sunset.
Written for this edition, 2026.