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13 b&w photos
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9 data pages
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TITLE:
Gould Farm Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek, 5 miles South of U.S. Highwa, Kingston vicinity, Caldwell County, MO

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO,13-KINTO.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 13   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 8 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-51

Building/structure dates: 1885 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1885

Significance: The main span of the Gould Farm bridge is an example of common Pratt truss used extensively through the country from 1844 to the early part of this century. It was fabricated by the Cleveland Bridge Company, Cleveland, Ohio.

SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--Caldwell County--Kingston vicinity

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.mo1149

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. East Portal Looking West
2. West Portal Looking East
3. Side View Looking North
4. Side View Looking South
5. Oblique View Looking Northwest
6. Oblique View Looking Southwest
7. Looking Northeast at East Abutment and Piers
8. Steel Caisson Pier on West Bank Looking North
9. Underside of Main Span Looking East
10. Connection Between Diagonal Tension Members
11. View Showing Verticals, Diagonals and Railing
12. View Showing Floorbeam Connection
13. View Showing Upper Members and Portal Detail

CONTROL #:
MO1149

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