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20 b&w photos
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5 data pages
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3 photo caption pages


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TITLE:
Shaytown Road Bridge, Spanning Thornapple River, Vermontville vicinity, Eaton County, MI

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MICH,23-VERVI.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 20   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 4 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 3

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MI-105

Significance: The Shaytown Road Bridge is a Warren through truss structure. It is one of only two known structures of this type in Michigan. It is the only Warren truss in Michigan utilizing pin-connections, a method typically confined to Pratt trusses. It has been considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places since 1992.

SUBJECTS:
MICHIGAN--Eaton County--Vermontville vicinity
steel 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.mi0445

CONTROL #:
MI0445

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