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 8 b&w photos |  12 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |  2 color transparencies |
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TITLE:
Southwest Fifth Street Bridge, Spanning Raccoon River at Southwest Fifth (Jackson, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
CALL NUMBER:
HAER IOWA,77-DESMO,27-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 8 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 11 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Color Transparencies: 2
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Killmar, J. H.
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IA-71
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N242).
Building/structure dates: 1898 initial construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 98000487
Significance: The Southwest Fifth Street Bridge ranks among Iowa's most significant vehicular spans. It is one of Iowa's few remaining pinned Pratt through trusses with three or more spans. As one of only three pinned through trusses located in an urban setting, the Southwest Fifth Street Bridge is exceptionally important in its representation of early urban wagon bridge construction. The controversies which surrounded the construction of the bridge also illuminate patterns of development in Des Moines and the nature of bridge contracting at the turn of the century.
SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Polk County--Des Moines
OTHER TITLE:
Raccoon 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.ia0447
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. 3/4 VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
2. ELEVATION FROM WEST
3. BARREL VIEW FROM NORTH
4. BARREL VIEW FROM NORTH
5. DETAIL OF TRUSS BOTTOM CONNECTIONS, FROM NORTHWEST
6. DETAIL OF PIER, FROM SOUTHWEST
7. DETAIL OF UPPER CORNER OF SOUTH TRUSS, FROM NORTHWEST
8. DETAIL OF LOWER CONNECTIONS FROM NORTHWEST
3/4 VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
3/4 VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
CONTROL #:
IA0447
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