Half-Mound Bridge, Spanning Delaware River on Federal Aid Secondary R, Valley Falls vicinity, Jefferson County, KS

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11 b&w photos
4 data pages
1 photo caption pages

TITLE:
Half-Mound Bridge, Spanning Delaware River on Federal Aid Secondary R, Valley Falls vicinity, Jefferson County, KS

CALL NUMBER:
HAER KANS,44-VAFA.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 11 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 3 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER KS-1

Building/structure dates: 1875 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1935 subsequent work

Significance: The Half Mound Bridge is a rare surviving example of a Baltimore truss.

SUBJECTS:
KANSAS--Jefferson County--Valley Falls vicinity
moving of structures
transportation
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.ks0048

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. DISTANT VIEW OF SOUTHEAST SIDE
2. NORTHEAST TRUSS OPENING
3. SOUTHWEST TRUSS OPENING AND SOUTHEAST SIDE
4. DETAIL OF LATTICE WORK ON SOUTHWEST OPENING
5. DETAIL OF LATTICE WORK AND PLANKING LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHWEST OPENING
6. DETAIL OF CABLE BRIDGE RAILING
7. DETAIL OF PIN CONNECTION
8. DETAIL OF LOWER CHORD ON SOUTHEAST SIDE
9. DETAIL OF FLOOR BEAM CONNECTION
10. DETAIL OF FLOOR BEAM AND UPRIGHT CONNECTION
11. DETAIL OF FLOOR BEAM SUPPORTS

CONTROL #:
KS0048

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