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3 drawings
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15 b&w photos
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27 data pages
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2 photo caption pages
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TITLE:
Red Bridge, Spanning Yellow river at abandoned county road, 7., Postville vicinity, Allamakee County, IA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER IOWA,3-POST.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 3  (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 15   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 26 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Powell, A. L.

NOTE:
Survey number HAER IA-76

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N247).

Building/structure dates: 1920 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1980

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 98000773

Significance: The Red Bridge is a 98' combination wood and iron Pratt through truss, the remaining example in Iowa of an uncovered timber truss, with only a few remaining in other parts of the United States.

SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Allamakee County--Postville vicinity

OTHER TITLE:
Yellow 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.ia0457

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF THE RED BRIDGE LOOKING NORTH FROM FUEL HOLLOW ROAD.
2. SOUTH APPROACH TO RED BRIDGE LOOKING NORTH.
3. OBLIQUE VIEW OF THE EAST SIDE OF RED BRIDGE LOOKING NORTH.
4. GENERAL VIEW OF THE EAST SIDE OF RED BRIDGE LOOKING WEST.
5. SOUTH PORTAL VIEW OF RED BRIDGE LOOKING NORTH.
6. NORTH PORTAL VIEW OF RED BRIDGE LOOKING SOUTH.
7. NORTH ABUTMENT TO RED BRIDGE LOOKING WEST.
8. GENERAL VIEW OF THE WEB SYSTEM LOOKING WEST.
9. DETAIL VIEW OF THE WEB SYSTEM LOOKING WEST.
10. GENERAL VIEW OF THE UPPER CHORD CONNECTIONS LOOKING NORTHEAST.
11. DETAIL VIEW OF THE UPPER CHORD CONNECTION AT THE NORTHWEST ENDPOST LOOKING NORTH.
12. GENERAL VIEW OF THE LOWER CHORD CONNECTIONS, EAST SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
13. DETAIL VIEW OF THE LOWER CHORD CONNECTIONS, WEST SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
14. DETAIL VIEW OF THE LOWER CHORD CONNECTIONS, EAST SIDE, LOOKING NORTH.
15. DETAIL VIEW OF NORTHEAST PIER, LOOKING WEST.
OBLIQUE VIEW OF THE EAST SIDE OF RED BRIDGE LOOKING NORTH.

CONTROL #:
IA0457

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