Viaducts, or long bridges with a series of arches, are significant features in the Birmingham cityscape. Many times Viaducts are built to carry railroads. Birmingham's viaducts cross over railroads that cut through the southern part of the city and carry iron and steel from the furnaces that fueled its magic growth in the early 1900s.
Miriam has drawn and painted these viaducts, some more well-known and beautifully constructed than others, throughout the decades. These viaducts were an essential part of connecting people and their vehicles in the southern, more wealthy neighborhoods and villages to their work downtown. In recent years the city has revived some of the viaducts and the railroads that run through the city into a fairly vibrant park.