It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society.

This week we have another winter image from an Andrew Scholl glass plate negative. This image is from around 1900 and is the original wooden foot bridge constructed over the railroad tracks to the Washington School. The foot bridge was built around 1890 to make a safer crossing for students going to what was then the East Side School.

By 1920, the bridge was unsafe and in 1922 the City of Whitewater finally convinced the railroad line (Milwaukee Road) to fund half of the cost to replace it. Once again, it was replaced in 1965. It has been a well-used east side landmark for 130 years. It may have been replaced again since 1965. Does anyone know the year?

Join us next week for another Scholl winter scene.

(#2967GP Whitewater Historical Society)