Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble vicinity, Clinton County, MO

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16 b&w photos
9 data pages
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TITLE:
Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble vicinity, Clinton County, MO

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO,25-TRIM.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 3 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 16 (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

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-8

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-1).

Building/structure dates: 1898 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1939

Building/structure dates: 1953 subsequent work

Significance: Designed in accordance with J.A.L. Waddell's patent of November 13, 1894 (#529,220), this is one of only two Waddell "A" truss bridges known to survive in the United States.

SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--Clinton County--Trimble vicinity
iron industry
civil engineering
railroad companies

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.mo0162

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. LONG DISTANCE "BARREL SHOT" SHOWING APPROACHES TO BRIDGE AND FORMER RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY
2. BRIDGE DATEPLATE
3. 'BARREL SHOT'
4. DETAIL :BARREL SHOT WITH DATEPLATE IN RIGHT FOREGROUND.
5. DETAIL VIEW OF LATERAL CROSS BRACING.
6. GENERAL VIEW FROM SIDE SHOWING GUARD RAIL IN FOREGROUND.
7. GENERAL VIEW OF 'A' TRUSS FROM RIVER BANK.
8. GENERAL VIEW OF 'A' TRUSS FROM SIDE SHOWING ABUTMENTS.
9. LONG DISTANCE GENERAL SIDE VIEW.
10. DETAIL VIEW OF SUPPORT COLUMN SHOWING BOTTOM CHORD AND CONNECTION SHOT.
11. DETAIL VIEW OF SUPPORT COLUMN LOOKING DOWN AXIS OF TRUSS.
12. DETAIL OF SUPPORT COLUMN LOOKING AT RIGHT ANGLE TO TRUSS.
13. DETAIL VIEW OF LATERAL CROSS BRACING BETWEEN SUPPORT COLUMNS.
14. DETAIL VIEW OF BRACING AROUND SUPPORT COLUMN.
15. DETAIL VIEW OF BRIDGE UNDERSIDE SHOWING ORIGINAL FLOOR BEAMS AND BOTTOM CHORD LATERAL BRACING.
16. DETAIL VIEW OF CIRCA 1952 STEEL APPROACH BEAMS TAKEN FROM UNDERNEATH BRIDGE.

CONTROL #:
MO0162

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