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TITLE:
Morse Near Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Pentwater River, Pentwater vicinity, Oceana County, MI

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MICH,64-PENT.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 23   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 5 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 3

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MI-117

Significance: The bridge is a single-span steel, riveted Warren Pony Truss built according to Michigan State Highway Department standard plans, fabricated by the Groton Bridge Company of Groton, New York. It is not certain how many examples of this type exist. Despite deterioration of the structure, this historic integrity of the bridge is intact.

SUBJECTS:
MICHIGAN--Oceana County--Pentwater vicinity
steel truss bridges
vehicular bridges
pony truss bridges

OTHER TITLE:
Ninety-Sixth Avenue 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.mi0457

CONTROL #:
MI0457

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