American Mill Bridge, Spanning Center Creek, intersection Routes H & 71 , Carthage vicinity, Jasper County, MO

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16 b&w photos
13 data pages
1 photo caption pages

TITLE:
American Mill Bridge, Spanning Center Creek, intersection Routes H & 71 , Carthage vicinity, Jasper County, MO

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO,49-CAR.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 16 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 12 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-25

Building/structure dates: 1886 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1893 subsequent work

Significance: The American Mill Bridge is a single span steel and wrought iron Pratt through truss bridge and one of the earliest surviving intact examples in southern Missouri. It was fabricated by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company of Leavenworth, Kansas.

SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--Jasper County--Carthage vicinity
iron industry
flour & meal industry
civil engineering

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.mo0511

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. DISTANT VIEW TO NORTH
2. VIEW TO NORTH
3. VIEW TO WEST
4. VIEW TO SOUTH
5. VIEW TO EAST
6. NORTH PORTAL, VIEW TO NORTH
7. PORTAL CONNECTION, NORTHEAST CORNER
8. TOP CHORD PANEL POINT CONNECTION
9. BEARING, NORTHEAST CORNER
10. DECK SUPPORT SYSTEM, LOWER CHORD PANEL POINT CONNECTIONS, VIEW NORTHWEST
11. LOWER CHORD PANEL POINT CONNECTIONS, VIEW SOUTHWEST
12. NORTHERN ABUTMENT WITH ADDITION, DECK SUPPORT SYSTEM, VIEW NORTHEAST
13. NORTHERN ABUTMENT WITH ADDITION, VIEW NORTH
14. SOUTH ABUTMENT, VIEW SOUTHWEST
15. DETAIL OF TOOLING ON MASONRY, NORTHWEST CORNER OF SOUTH ABUTMENT
16. BRIDGE PLATE, NORTHERN PORTAL

CONTROL #:
MO0511

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