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 13 b&w photos |  12 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Rockhill Road Bridge, Spanning Brush Creek between Forty-eighth & Volker, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO,48-KANCI,19-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 13 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 11 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Nelson, William Rockhill
NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-58
Building/structure dates: 1901 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1931 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1966 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1986 subsequent work
Significance: The Rockhill Road Bridge is the earliest documented stone bridge of this type in Missouri. The bridge was built by William Rockhill Nelson, founder and owner of the Kansas City Star newspaper, real estate developer and civic leader in Kansas City, Missouri. It exemplifies the city's building process during the turn of the century's City Beautiful movement.
SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--Jackson County--Kansas City
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.mo1150
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. Top of Bridge, View to the North, Rockhill Road
2. Top of Bridge, View to the South
3. Top of Bridge, View to the Northwest, Pedestrian Walkway, Rockhill Neighborhood House in Distance to Right
4. East Side, Downstream
5. West Side, Upstream, South Abutment, Cutwater
6. West Side, Upstream, North Abutment, Cutwater
7. West Side, Upstream, North Abutment, Cutwater
8. Detailed View of Stone Construction, Wood Railings and Stone Posts, and Cutwater
9. Detailed View of Wood Railing and Stone Posts from Rockhill Road, Pedestrian Walkway to the Left, Rockhill Neighborhood Houses in Distance
10. Detailed View of Wood Railing and Stone Posts Tied into Stone Construction of the Bridge
11. View of Arch from Underside, Detail of Stone and Mortar, Corrugated Metal Supports
12. Detailed View of Stonework in Underside of Arch
13. Detailed View of Stonework in Underside of Arch
CONTROL #:
MO1150
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