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 14 b&w photos |  16 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |  1 color transparencies |
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TITLE:
Fort Madison Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at U.S. Highway 61, Fort Madison, Lee County, IA
CALL NUMBER:
HAER IOWA,56-FMAD.1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 14 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 15 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):
American Bridge Company
Robinson, A. F.
Union Bridge & Construction Company
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IA-62
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N234).
Building/structure dates: 1927 initial construction
Part of building/structure is in Niota vicinity, Hancock County, IL.
Significance: This bridge is a major river span and had, at the time of its construction, the longest and heaviest electrified swing span on the Mississippi River. The bridge superstructure was built by American Bridge Company, one of the largest bridge companies in American history.
SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Lee County--Fort Madison
railroad bridges
OTHER TITLE:
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad 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.ia0438
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. LONG SHOT FROM EAST
2. LONG SHOT FROM NORTHWEST
3. WEST APPROACH SPANS, FROM NORTHWEST
4. SWING SPAN FROM NORTHWEST
5. SWING SPAN FROM NORTHWEST
6. RAILROAD APPROACH FROM WEST
7. BARREL VIEW AT RAILROAD LEVEL, FROM WEST
8. MIDDLE OF SWING SPAN, FROM SOUTHWEST
9. DETAIL OF DRIVE GEARS, FROM SOUTHWEST
10. DETAIL OF DRIVE GEARS, FROM SOUTHWEST
11. DETAIL OF DRIVE GEARS, FROM WEST
12. CONNECTIONS AT TOP OF SWING SPAN, FROM EAST
13. LOOKING EAST ALONG TOP OF TRUSS
14. CONTROL BOOTH INTERIOR, FROM WEST
SWING SPAN FROM NORTHWEST
CONTROL #:
IA0438
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