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 11 b&w photos |  17 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |  3 color transparencies |
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TITLE:
Plattsmouth Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at U.S. Highway 34, Pacific Junction vicinity, Mills County, IA
CALL NUMBER:
HAER IOWA,65-PAJU.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 11 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 16 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Color Transparencies: 3
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Omaha Structural Steel Works
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IA-67
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N238; N660).
Building/structure dates: 1929 initial construction
Part of building/structure is in Plattsmouth vicinity, Cass County, NE.
Significance: This bridge is historically significant as a regionally important vehicular crossing of the Missouri River and is the oldest extant Missouri River highway bridge in Iowa. Moreover, it is a unique example of a privately financed and operated toll bridge over a major river. It is technologically significant as a noteworthy example of cantilevered truss construction. The Plattsmouth Bridge has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Mills County--Pacific Junction 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.ia0443
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. BARREL VIEW FROM WEST
2. VERTICAL BARREL VIEW ON ROADWAY, FROM WEST
3. 3/4 VIEW, DECK LEVEL, FROM SOUTHWEST
4. DETAIL OF RAIL AT SOUTHWEST CORNER, FROM SOUTHWEST
5. 3/4 VIEW FROM NORTHEAST
6. 3/4 VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
7. 3/4 VIEW, LONG LENS, FROM NORTHWEST
8. UNDERSIDE FROM WEST
9. 3/4 VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST
10. 3/4 VIEW, LONG LENS, FROM SOUTHEAST
11. SMALL APPROACH TRUSSES, FROM NORTHEAST
3/4 VIEW FROM NORTHEAST
3/4 VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
/4 VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST
CONTROL #:
IA0443
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