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TITLE:
Paradise Road Bridge, Spanning Little Platte River, Paradise vicinity, Clay County, MO
CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO,24-PARA.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 11 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Works
NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-7
Building/structure dates: 1896 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1979 demolished
Significance: This was a representative example of a late nineteenth century pin-connected Pratt through-truss bridge, and retained almost all of its historic integrity until the time it was destroyed. It was supported on cylindrical steel piers, and had a central span of 232 feet.
SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--Clay County--Paradise vicinity
civil engineering
bridge construction
steel truss 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.mo0345
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. LONG DISTANCE 'BARREL SHOT' SHOWING WOODEN DECK OF APPROACH SPAN IN FOREGROUND
2. GENERAL 'BARREL SHOT'
3. GENERAL THREE-QUARTER VIEW SHOWING BRIDGE AND STREAM BENEATH IT
4. GENERAL ELEVATION VIEW OF BRIDGE
5. GENERAL VIEW WITH APPROACH SPAN ON RIGHT
6. CLOSE-UP VIEW OF TRUSS AT MID-SPAN
7. CLOSE-UP VIEW OF TRUSS NEAR END OF SPAN
8. CLOSE-UP VIEW AT END OF SPAN SHOWING APPROACH SPANS, SUPPORT COLUMNS, AND FLOOR BEAMS.
9. DETAIL VIEW OF INCLINED END POST WITH PIER
10. DETAIL VIEW OF BOTTOM CHORD PIN CONNECTION SHOWING RIVITED FLOOR BEAM
11. DETAIL VIEW OF UNDERSIDE OF BRIDGE SHOWING SUPPORT COLUMN BRACING AND FLOOR BEAMS
CONTROL #:
MO0345
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