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11 b&w photos
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6 data pages
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TITLE:
Dick's Mill Bridge, Spanning Moniteau Creek, Cotton, Cooper County, MO

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO,27-COT,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 11   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 5 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Springstown Bridge Company

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-43

Building/structure dates: 1898 initial construction

Significance: The Dick's Mill Bridge is one of a rapidly declining number of high through truss steel bridges in Missouri. At present, presumably fewer than 300 Pratt high through truss bridges remain in Missouri. The bridge is integrally tied to historic Dick's Mill and the village of Cotton.

SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--Cooper County--Cotton

OTHER TITLE:
Cotton 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.mo1130

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. DISTANT VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTH
2. VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTH
3. VIEW OF EAST PORTAL, LOOKING WEST
4. VIEW OF WEST PORTAL, LOOKING EAST
5. VIEW OF WEST MAIN SPAN PIERS, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
6. VIEW OF WEST MAIN SPAN PIERS, LOOKING WEST
7. VIEW OF WEST ABUTMENT, LOOKING NORTHWEST
8. VIEW OF EAST PIERS AND ABUTMENT, LOOKING EAST
9. VIEW OF UNDERSIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
10. VIEW OF UPPER PORTAL CONNECTION
11. VIEW OF TOP CHORD CONNECTION

CONTROL #:
MO1130

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