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 3 drawings |  5 b&w photos |  17 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Twin Bridge, Spanning Little Volga River in Twin Bridge Park, Fayette vicinity, Fayette County, IA
CALL NUMBER:
HAER IOWA,33-FAY.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 3 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 5 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 16 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IA-53
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N225; N659).
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 98000779
Significance: With its 80-foot span, the Twin Bridge is distinguished as the longest-span Luten arch remaining in Iowa. Its designer, Daniel B. Luten, anticipating the popularity of the reinforced concrete bridge, began acquiring patents in 1900. By the 1910s, thousands of Luten arches had been constructed nationwide. Although highly prolific, his operation was not popular. He was sued for patent infringements and the Iowa State Highway Commission led a nationwide effort to defeat the Luten monopoly, marking the end of the patented-design era, and paving the way for bridge standardization.
SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Fayette County--Fayette 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.ia0429
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. 3/4 VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
2. BARREL VIEW FROM WEST
3. 3/4 VIEW FROM NORTHEAST
4. 3/4 VIEW, CLOSE, FROM NORTHEAST
5. DETAIL OF NORTHEAST CORNER, FROM NORTHEAST
CONTROL #:
IA0429
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