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8 b&w photos
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9 data pages
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1 photo caption pages
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TITLE:
Elkader Bridge, Spanning Turkey River at Bridge Street, Elkader, Clayton County, IA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER IOWA,22-ELKA,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 8   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 8 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER IA-47

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N219).

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000747

Significance: The Elkader Bridge, built in the second half of the nineteenth century, is an exceptional example of American stone masonry. The bridge has a total length of 189 feet, having two arches each spanning 80 feet, making it one of the longest stone arch bridges west of the Mississippi.

SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Clayton County--Elkader

OTHER TITLE:
Keystone 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.ia0423

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. 3/4 VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST
2. 3/4 VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST, LOW ANGLE
3. 3/4 VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST, HIGH ANGLE
4. 3/4 VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST, LOW ANGLE
5. 3/4 VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST, VERTICAL
6. ELEVATION FROM SOUTH
7. 3/4 VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
8. VIEW FROM WEST, PARAPETS AT ROAD LEVEL
3/4 VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST

CONTROL #:
IA0423

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