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TITLE:
Ceylon Covered Bridge, Limberlost Park, spanning Wabash River at County R, Geneva, Adams County, IN

CALL NUMBER:
HAER IND,1-GENE,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 6  (18 x 24 in.)

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER IN-57

Building/structure dates: 1860 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1963 subsequent work

Significance: This is the only covered bridge remaining over the Wabash River. It is a landmark of historical passage for Indians and settlers and was used daily by buggies and cars. The bridge was built circa 1860. Arguments in 1948 and 1953 to demolish the bridge were finally defeated and renovation took place in 1963. Today it is within a 41 acre county park.

SUBJECTS:
INDIANA--Adams County--Geneva
covered bridges
bridge construction

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.in0159

CONTROL #:
IN0159

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