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10 b&w photos
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7 data pages
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TITLE:
Pecatonica River Bridge, Spanning Pecatonica River at Winnesheik Road, Freeport vicinity, Stephenson County, IL

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ILL,89-FREP.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 10   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 6 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER IL-9

Significance: The Pecatonica River Bridge is the oldest remaining Pratt Truss Bridge of this type built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton Ohio.

SUBJECTS:
ILLINOIS--Stephenson County--Freeport vicinity
civil engineering
transportation engineering
vehicular bridges

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.il0412

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. VIEW OF WEST SIDE
2. VIEW OF EAST SIDE
3. SOUTHERN PORTAL
4. DETAIL OF WOUTH END NAME PLATE
5. NORTHERN PORTAL
6. FLOOR BEAMS, DIAGONALS AND LOWER CONNECTIONS
7. DETAIL OF DIAGONAL RODS
8. UNDERSIDE, LOOKING NORTH
9. DETAIL OF TRUSS AND DIAGONAL
10. DETAIL OF FLOOR BEAM AND VERTICAL ROD

CONTROL #:
IL0412

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