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TITLE:
Nishnabotna River Bridge, Spanning Nishnabotna River, Manilla vicinity, Crawford County, IA
CALL NUMBER:
HAER IOWA,24-MAN.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 8 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 10 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Color Transparencies: 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Des Moines Steel Company
H. Gene McKeown & Association
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IA-48
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N220).
Building/structure dates: 1945 initial construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 98000801
Significance: The availability of steel for domestic purposes like bridge building was severely limited during World War II. Most of the counties of Iowa, including Crawford County, turned to timber to fulfill their short-span bridge construction needs. In May of 1945, however, heavy flooding washed out 27 bridges and culverts throughout the county. It was decided to build replacement spans using steel. The Des Moines Steel Company was hired to design and fabricate the bridges. Forced to economize with material they turned to a bridge form that was popular in the 1860s and 1870s: the bowstring arch-truss. Although lacking the lateral stability of later bridge forms, the bowstring offered outstanding structural efficiency. During the period of the 1860s and 1870s thousands of bowstring arch-trusses were built throughout the nation. In a time of national crisis this once popular bridge form again supplied the solution. The Nishnabotna bridge is an excellent example of this series of bridges built during the war.
SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Crawford County--Manilla vicinity
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.ia0424
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. 3/4 VIEW FROM NORTHEAST
2. BARREL VIEW FROM SOUTH
3. VERTICAL 3/4 VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST
4. DETAIL OF SOUTH END OF EAST TRUSS, FROM EAST
5. DETAIL OF EAST TRUSS, FROM EAST
6. DETAIL OF CONNECTIONS OF WEST TRUSS, FROM EAST
7. DETAIL OF CONNECTIONS OF WEST TRUSS, FROM EAST
8. NORTH PIER, FROM SOUTH
VIEW FROM NORTHEAST
CONTROL #:
IA0424
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