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 22 b&w photos |  40 data pages |  2 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Old St. Charles Bridge, On Route 115, Saint Charles, St. Charles County, MO
CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO,92-SAICH,31-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 22 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 39 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Waddell, John Alexander Low.
NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-30
Building/structure dates: 1904 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1916 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1920 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1935 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1937 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1978 subsequent work
Significance: This is the oldest existing bridge over the Missouri River in the State of Missouri. It was designed by John Alexander Low Waddell, a prominent bridge engineer of the late nineteenth-early twentieth centuries, of the firm of Waddell and Hedrick. It was fabricated by the Midland Bridge Company. Both firms were from Kansas City. The bridge has four main Pennsylvania (Petit) through-truss spans, plus deck truss, plate girder, deck girder, I-beam and continuous deck girder approach spans. This was the first permanent highway bridge across the Missouri River at St. Charles (a short-lived pontoon bridge preceded it). It was originally designed as a combination highway and electric train bridge. It opened in time for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, and proved to be a major boon to the transportation and commerce of the city of St. Charles. It was originally a toll bridge.
SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--St. Charles County--Saint Charles
OTHER TITLE:
Old Route 40 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.mo1070
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW SHOWING THE SOUTH SIDE OF OLD ST. CHARLES BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTH FROM THE MOORING OF RIVERBOAT SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS
2. VIEW SHOWING SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE (VIEW ROTATED SLIGHTLY EAST OF NORTH)
3. VIEW SHOWING SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE (VIEW ROTATED SLIGHTLY MORE TO THE NORTHEAST FROM PREVIOUS PHOTOGRAPH - MO-30-2)
4. VIEW SHOWING NORTH SIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST TOWARDS ST. CHARLES FROM SAND QUARRY, ST. LOUIS COUNTY
5. VIEW SHOWING NORTH SIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTH (UPSTREAM)
6. VIEW SHOWING WEST APPROACH SPANS, LOOKING WEST FROM WESTERNMOST TRUSS SPAN (SPAN 10) TOWARDS ST. CHARLES
7. VIEW OF WEST APPROACH, LOOKING EAST OF MAIN SPANS (SPANS 6-10)
8. VIEW OF EAST APPROACH SPANS, LOOKING WEST FROM SOUTH SIDE
9. VIEW SHOWING SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST TOWARDS ST. CHARLES
10. VIEW SHOWING SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM EAST BANK OF RIVER
11. VIEW SHOWING SIDEWALK AND TRUSSES, SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE
12. VIEW OF TRUSS WORK, SPAN 10, LOOKING NORTHWEST
13. DETAIL VIEW OF BRIDGE SHOWING PIN CONSTRUCTION, DIAGONAL AND LATERAL STRUTS
14. DETAIL VIEW OF PIN CONNECTION, WITH A CLOSE-UP VIEW OF A MAIN CONNECTION
15. DETAIL VIEW OF PIN CONNECTION, WITH AN END VIEW OF A MAIN CONNECTION, DIAGONAL AND UPRIGHT MEMBERS, NORTH ELEVATION
16. VIEW OF DEDICATORY PLAQUE, NORTHWEST END OF SPAN 10
17. VIEW OF DEDICATORY PLAQUE, SOUTHWEST END OF SPAN 10
18. DETAIL VIEW OF 1920 CONCRETE APPROACH SPANS, WEST APPROACH SPANS FROM SECOND STREET
19. DETAIL VIEW OF CONCRETE-FILLED STEEL PIERS AND UNDERBRACING OF WEST APPROACH SPANS FROM SECOND STREET
20. DETAIL VIEW SHOWING UNDERSIDE OF MAIN SPANS
21. VIEW SHOWING UNDERSIDE OF MAIN RIVER SPANS, LOOKING EAST
22. VIEW OF DECK TRUSS APPROACH SPAN, EAST APPROACH, LOOKING NORTH
CONTROL #:
MO1070
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