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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
 11 b&w photos |  13 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
West Knight Street Bridge, Spanning Spring Brook (west of Knight Street), Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, MI
CALL NUMBER:
HAER MICH,23-EATRA,2-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 11 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 12 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
R.D. Wheaton & Company
NOTE:
Survey number HAER MI-7
Building/structure dates: 1894 initial construction
Significance: The West Knight Street Bridge is one of only two known highway bridges built in Michigan by Canton Bridge Company, Canton, Ohio, one of the nation's leading bridge building firms and a pioneer in truss bridge technology. It is above-average in length for a Pratt truss of that era, possesses a walkway on one side, and decorative work on its portals.
SUBJECTS:
MICHIGAN--Eaton County--Eaton Rapids
town meetings
civil engineering
pedestrian bridges
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.mi0145
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. NORTH ELEVATION FACING SOUTH
2. NORTH ELEVATION FACING SOUTHEAST
3. SOUTH ELEVATION FACING NORTH
4. SOUTH ELEVATION FACING NORTHEAST
5. WEST PORTAL FACING EAST
6. EAST PORTAL FACING WEST
7. VIEW OF SIDWALKS AND MAIN BEAMS FACING NORTHWEST
8. DETAIL OF SIDEWALKS FACING NORTHWEST
9. DETAIL OF BOTTOM CHORD CONNECTION
10. DETAIL OF UPPER CHORD CONNECTION
11. DETAIL OF BRIDGE NAME PLATE
CONTROL #:
MI0145
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