Nineteenth Street Bridge, Spanning South Platte River at Nineteenth Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

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9 b&w photos
11 data pages
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TITLE:
Nineteenth Street Bridge, Spanning South Platte River at Nineteenth Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

CALL NUMBER:
HAER COLO,16-DENV,58-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 1 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 9 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 10 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER CO-59

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-9; N312).

Building/structure dates: 1888 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1965 subsequent work

Significance: Completed in 1888, the bridge is the oldest surviving wrought iron bridge and oldest vehicular bridge still in use within Colorado. Although a once common truss type, the two span Pratt through bridge is distinguished by unusual cast-iron ornamentation.

SUBJECTS:
COLORADO--Denver County--Denver
civil engineering
bridge construction
steel truss bridges

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.co0226

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. OVERALL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHEAST.
2. OVERALL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
3. PARTIAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
4. VIEW OF WEST PORTAL.
5. UPPER CORD PIN CONNECTION, LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
6. GUARDRAIL, LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
7. INCLINED END POST PIN CONNECTION AND FINIAL, LOOKING NORTHEAST.
8. FLOOD AND SUBSTRUCTURE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
9. SHOE AND STONE ABUTMENT, LOOKING NORTHWEST.

CONTROL #:
CO0226

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