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TITLE:
Hotchkiss Bridge, Spanning North Fork River on County Road 3400, Hotchkiss vicinity, Delta County, CO
CALL NUMBER:
HAER COLO,15-HOTCH.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 9 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 2 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Pueblo Bridge Company
Lackawanna Steel Company
Bullen, Fred
NOTE:
Survey number HAER CO-40
Building/structure dates: 1911 initial construction
Significance: Erected using steel components rolled by the Lackawanna Steel Company, the Hotchkiss Bridge was a locally important crossing of the North Fork River. Built by Colorado's most prolific bridge contractor, the Pueblo Bridge Company, it is one of four pin-connected vehicular Camelback through trusses remaining in the state and, as such, has some technological significance.
SUBJECTS:
COLORADO--Delta County--Hotchkiss vicinity
civil engineering
transportation
bridge construction
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.co0200
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. OVERALL VIEW OF BRIDGE, SHOWING SOUTHEAST PORTAL, LOOKING NORTH FROM COUNTY ROAD 3400
2. OVERALL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM NORTH FORK OF GUNNISON RIVER
3. VIEW OF SOUTHEAST PORTAL, LOOKING NORTHWEST
4. VIEW OF SOUTHWEST WEB AND SOUTHWEST PORTAL, LOOKING NORTHEAST
5. VIEW OF SOUTHWEST WEB, LOOKING NORTHEAST
6. VIEW OF SOUTHWEST WEB, SHOWING PIN CONNECTIONS, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
7. VIEW OF NORTHEAST WEB, SHOWING BRACING, LOOKING NORTHEAST
8. VIEW OF TOP LATERAL BRACING, LOOKING NORTHWEST
9. VIEW OF NORTHWEST ABUTMENT, LOOKING NORTHEAST
CONTROL #:
CO0200
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