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 12 b&w photos |  12 data pages |  2 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Meeting House Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad 0.1 mile east of , Arundel, York County, ME
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ME,16-ARUN,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 12 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 11 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Boston & Maine Railroad
Clouette, Bruce, historian
NOTE:
Survey number HAER ME-51
Building/structure dates: 1908 initial construction
Significance: Meeting House Bridge has state-level significance as an increasingly rare example of timber-truss bridge technology. Howe-patent trusses such as this, combining wooden compression members with wrought-iron tension rods, were widely used by railroads because of their low initial cost, easy construction, and durability if properly protected from the weather. The Boston and Maine Railroad had a special affinity for wooden bridges, which it continued to build as late as the first decade of the 20th century.
SUBJECTS:
MAINE--York County--Arundel
transportation
bridge construction
wood truss bridges
OTHER TITLE:
Sinnott Road Railroad Bridge
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.me0275
CONTROL #:
ME0275
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