An aerial view of Lorain, Ohio looking northeast from Fifth Street to the Black River and the bascule bridge. The Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) railroad tracks are also visible behind the east side of Broadway Avenue in the right center of the photograph. The B&O coal docks are also visible in the top and left center of the photograph, west of the river.

The view was taken during the daytime, though the specific date and time of the photograph is unknown. The photograph was likely taken after 1936, when the bascule bridge was completed