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 14 b&w photos |  9 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Grand River at Bridge Street, Portland, Ionia County, MI
CALL NUMBER:
HAER MICH,34-PORT,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 14 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 8 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Gorton Bridge & Manufacturing Company
NOTE:
Survey number HAER MI-41
Building/structure dates: 1890 initial construction
Significance: The Bridge Street Bridge in Portland is a rare two-span metal through truss, with two spans 100 feet in length, featuring decorative treatment at the end posts. This is the oldest known surviving example of a truss bridge built in Michigan by the Groton Bridge and Manufacturing Company of Groton, New York, a significant Eastern bridge manufacturing firm. It was listed as eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in April, 1986.
SUBJECTS:
MICHIGAN--Ionia County--Portland
pedestrian bridges
metal truss bridges
vehicular 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.mi0257
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. ELEVATION VIEW NORTH, SOUTH SIDE FROM WEST BANK
2. VIEW NORTH, SOUTH SIDE FROM WEST BANK, PIER
3. GENERAL VIEW SOUTHEAST, NORTH SIDE FROM WEST BANK
4. GENERAL VIEW NORTHEAST, SOUTH SIDE FROM WEST BANK
5. VIEW NORTH, SOUTH SIDE WEST ABUTMENT
6. VIEW EAST AT TRAFFIC LEVEL
7. VIEW WEST AT TRAFFIC LEVEL
8. VIEW WEST, WEST SIDE, COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE
9. VIEW WEST, EAST SIDE, MANUFACTURER'S PLAQUE
10. VIEW EAST, WEST SIDE MANUFACTURER'S PLAQUE
11. VIEW NORTH, NORTH SIDE, RAILING DETAIL
12. VIEW WEST, EAST SIDE, STREET LAMP DETAIL
13. PHOTOGRAPHIC COPY OF HISTORIC POSTCARD, THE HOSE FIGHT, HOMECOMING, 1911 (Original copy in possession of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Arnesi)
14. PHOTOGRAPHIC COPY OF HISTORIC POSTCARD, BRIDGE AND PORTLAND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, CIRCA 1913 (Original copy in possession of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Arnesi)
CONTROL #:
MI0257
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