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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
 10 b&w photos |  6 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Grand River Bridge, Spanning Grand River, on County Road No. 459, Gentryville vicinity, Gentry County, MO
CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO,38-GEN.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 10 (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):
St. Joseph Structural Steel Company
NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-60
Building/structure dates: 1954 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1962
Significance: The main span of the Grand River Bridge is an example of a Parker through truss (a Parker through truss is a Pratt through truss with a polygonal top chord). The top chord is unusually light for this long span, being comprised of two angles riveted together. This type of bridge was used from the middle 1800s to the early part of this century.
SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--Gentry County--Gentryville 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.mo1154
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF EAST PORTAL AND APPROACH, LOOKING WEST
2. VIEW OF WEST PORTAL AND APPROACH, LOOKING EAST
3. SIDE VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTH
4. SIDE VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTH
5. VIEW OF UPPER BRACING, LOOKING WEST
6. VIEW OF WEST PIER AND UNDERSIDE OF TRUSS, LOOKING EAST
7. VIEW OF WEST PIER AND WEST ABUTMENT, LOOKING WEST
8. VIEW OF EAST PIER AND EAST ABUTMENT, LOOKING EAST
9. VIEW SHOWING UPPER GUSSET PLATE AT NORTHEAST END POST
10. VIEW SHOWING CONNECTION OF KNEE BRACE TO NORTHEAST END POST
CONTROL #:
MO1154
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