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10 b&w photos
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11 data pages
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1 photo caption pages


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TITLE:
Bacon Bridge, Spanning Moniteau Creek, Bacon vicinity, Moniteau County, MO

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO,68-JAME.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 10   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 10 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-32

Significance: Bacon Bridge (Moniteau Bridge #2) is one of the earliest surviving Pratt through truss bridges in central Missouri. Preserved in the evolution of this structure is the record of the struggle between its engineers and sometimes malevolent Moniteau Creek.

SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--Moniteau County--Bacon vicinity
civil engineering
bridge construction
iron 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.mo1073

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. DISTANT VIEW LOOKING SOUTHEAST
2. SOUTH PORTAL, VIEW TO NORTH
3. NORTH PORTAL, VIEW TO SOUTH
4. MAIN SPAN AND PIERS LOOKING SOUTHWEST
5. NORTH ABUTMENT
6. MASONRY PIERS ON LEFT BANK
7. UNDERSIDE AND MASONRY PIER ON RIGHT BANK
8. TOP CHORD CONNECTION
9. UPPER PORTAL CONNECTION
10. LOWER PANEL CONNECTION

CONTROL #:
MO1073

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