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TITLE:
West Auburn Bridge, Spanning Turkey River, 5 miles northwest of West U, West Union vicinity, Fayette County, IA
CALL NUMBER:
HAER IOWA,33-WESUN.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 15 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 9 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Horton, Horace E.
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IA-55
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N227).
Building/structure dates: 1881 initial construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 98000786
Significance: Configured as a pin-connected Whipple (or double-intersection Pratt) through truss, the West Auburn Bridge is one of only eight such structures remaining in Iowa. The bridge was designed by Horace Horton, an engineer based in Rochester, Minnesota, whose creative bridge designs, particularly for long spans, were well known in the Midwest.
SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Fayette County--West Union vicinity
OTHER TITLE:
Turkey River 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.ia0431
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. BARREL VIEW FROM WEST
2. BARREL VIEW FROM MID SPAN, FROM EAST
3. ELEVATION FROM SOUTH
4. ELEVATION FROM NORTH
5. 3/4 VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
6. 3/4 VIEW, CLOSEUP, FROM NORTHWEST
7. DETAILS OF BOTTOM CONNECTIONS, FROM UNDERNEATH
8. ELEVATION OF TRUSS PANEL, FROM NORTH
9. DETAIL OF TOP CONNECTIONS, FROM SOUTHEAST
10. DETAIL OF TOP END CONNECTIONS, FROM NORTHWEST
11. DETAIL OF TOP END CONNECTIONS, FROM SOUTHEAST
12. CONNECTION DETAIL, FROM EAST
13. NORTHWEST STEEL PIER, FROM NORTHWEST
14. NORTHWEST STONE PIER FROM NORTHEAST
15. UNDERSIDE, FROM WEST
CONTROL #:
IA0431
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