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TITLE:
Wells Street Bridge, Spanning Spy Run Creek at Wells Street, Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN
CALL NUMBER:
HAER IND,2-FOWA,5-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 16 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 5 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IN-84
Significance: The Wells Street Bridge (Allen County Bridge No. 542) over the Spy Run Creek is an 88-foot long, single-span, reinforced concrete arch. The bridge appears to use the Melan system of reinforcing, a system largely abandoned by 1914. The Wells Street Bridge (Allen County Bridge No. 542) is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places based on its engineering significance at the local level.
SUBJECTS:
INDIANA--Allen County--Fort Wayne
concrete arch bridges
vehicular bridges
OTHER TITLE:
Allen County Bridge No. 542
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.in0381
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF THE NORTH APPROACH, LOOKING SOUTH
2. VIEW OF THE SOUTH APPROACH, LOOKING NORTH
3. VIEW OF THE EAST ELEVATION, LOOKING WEST
4. VIEW OF THE WEST ELEVATION, LOOKING EAST
5. NORTH AND SOUTH ABUTMENTS, AND VIEW OF THE PIERS
6. OBLIQUE VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
7. OBLIQUE VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
8. ABUTMENT, LOOKING NORTHWEST ON NORTH BANK
9. ABUTMENT, LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM NORTH BANK
10. DETAIL, NORTHWEST ABUTMENT, LOOKING NORTHEAST
11. RAILING AND BRIDGE SURFACE DETAIL, NORTHWEST CORNER
12. BUILDER'S PLAQUE, EAST SIDE OF BRIDGE
13. COMMISSIONER'S PLAQUE, WEST SIDE OF BRIDGE
14. UNDERNEATH BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTH FROM NORTH BANK
15. UNDERNEATH BRIDGE, SOUTHEAST CORNER
16. ARCH DETAIL, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BRIDGE
CONTROL #:
IN0381
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