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 5 b&w photos |  12 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Lincoln Highway Bridge, Spanning Mud Creek at Fifth Street, Tama, Tama County, IA
CALL NUMBER:
HAER IOWA,86-TAMA,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 5 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 11 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IA-75
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N246).
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78001263
Significance: In September 1912, the Midwestern visionary Carl Fisher proposed to group of automotive businessmen a plan to build a road spanning from coast to coast. The route, later named the Lincoln Highway, would start in New York City, finish in San Francisco, an cross 358 miles through the state of Iowa on the way. This monumental undertaking was to be privately funded with the towns and counties profiting from its passage sharing a large part of the construction costs. Thus, a widespread advertisement campaign for the transcontinental highway was launched with each community along its path trying to outdo the next in making itself the most desirable rest stop. The town of Tama distinguished itself from the rest by constructing a special bridge for the route with the words "Lincoln Highway" spelled out in the concrete railing. This bridge remains a most unusual maker for this historic highway.
SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Tama County--Tama
OTHER TITLE:
Fifth Street Bridge
Tama 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.ia0451
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. BARREL VIEW FROM EAST
2. 3/4 VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST
3. ELEVATION FROM SOUTH
4. 3/4 VIEW OF NORTH SIDE, FROM SOUTHEAST
5. DETAIL, EAST END OF NORTH SIDE, FROM EAST
CONTROL #:
IA0451
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