Detective Frank Taylor, wearing a suit and hat, leans forward, looks at the ground and points while investigating the murder of Charles Henry Sims. He is under the Steel Bridge. There is litter scattered across the ground. Behind him are several boats, including a sternwheeler, docked in the Willamette River. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on July 31, 1957 (negative 1 of 3).

A doorway on the SE corner of the Allen and Lewis Block at Front and Couch Streets. The Steel Bridge is in the background. Lumber is piled on the waterfront. Taken March 8, 1939.

A doorway on the SE corner of the Allen and Lewis Block at Front and Couch Streets. The Steel Bridge is in the background. Lumber is piled on the waterfront. Taken April 9, 1939.

A view of the Steel Bridge between the beams of the Broadway Bridge. A sign shows the speed limit is 25 mph.

Rows of railroad cars sit on the tracks at a railroad yard at McCormick Dock. Looking south toward the Steel Bridge. Several trucks are parked at a neighboring steamship company.

A sternwheeler tugboat pushes cargo through an opening in the Steel Bridge on the Willamette River. The drawbridge is up. Piles of lumber sit on a dock in the foreground. The Burnside Bridge is visible in the background.