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 2 drawings |  8 b&w photos |  15 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Lake City Bridge, Spanning North Raccoon River, Lake City vicinity, Calhoun County, IA
CALL NUMBER:
HAER IOWA,13-LACIT.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 2 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 8 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 14 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IA-46
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N218; N657).
Significance: The Lake City Bridge is an early and outstanding example of James B. Marsh's Rainbow Arch design. Unlike most reinforced-concrete arch spans in which the roadway rested on top of the arches in standard configuration, the Marsh design suspended the deck from the arch that sprang from piers and extended above the roadway. Its distinctive "rainbow" profile popularized this type of bridge, and hundreds were constructed in the 1910s, 20s, and 30s, primarily in the Midwest. The Lake City Rainbow Arch, constructed in 1914, was his first experiment in applying this patented design to a multiple span structure.
SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Calhoun County--Lake City vicinity
OTHER TITLE:
Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge
Raccoon River Bridge
Rainbow Bridge
Rainbow Bridge
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.ia0422
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. ELEVATION FROM EAST
2. 3/4 VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST
3. 3/4 VIEW, CLOSE UP, FROM SOUTHWEST
4. 3/4 VIEW, SHOWING DETAIL OF SOUTHWEST CORNER, FROM SOUTHWEST
5. 3/4 VIEW SHOWING UNDERSIDE, FROM NORTHWEST
6. BARREL VIEW FROM NORTH
7. DETAIL OF SOUTHWEST CORNER, FROM WEST
8. DETAIL OF BUILDER'S PLATE ON SOUTHWEST CORNER, FROM EAST
CONTROL #:
IA0422
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