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 6 b&w photos |  3 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Marseille Nabisco Bridge, Spanning power canals at Nabisco Paper Mill, Marseilles, La Salle County, IL
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ILL, 50-MARS, 5-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 6 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 2 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Lassing Bridge Company
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IL-97
Building/structure dates: 1888 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1910 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1950 subsequent work
Significance: One of the oldest bridges in the Heritage Corridor, this single span Howe truss carries a spur of the Rock Island Railroad across the Marseilles power canal into the Nabisco Carton Factory. The use of the Howe truss for railroad bridges was increasingly uncommon for such late-nineteenth century metal bridges.
SUBJECTS:
ILLINOIS--La Salle County--Marseilles
OTHER TITLE:
Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corrid
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.il0663
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. DISTANT VIEW OF BRIDGE; TO LEFT IS NABISCO FACTORY; LOOKING WEST.
2. VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM SOUTH SIDE OF POWER CANAL, LOOKING NORTHWEST.
3. WEST SIDE OF BRIDGE AS SEEN FROM ITS NORTH END.
4. DETAIL OF THE BUILDER'S PLATE: '1888, M. LASSIG, BUILDER, CHICAGO ILL.
5. DETAIL OF DIAGONAL TRUSS MEMBERS ON WEST SIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
6. DETAIL OF TRACK SWITCH ON BRIDGE.
CONTROL #:
IL0663
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