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 12 b&w photos |  6 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Saxton Road Bridge, Spanning Platte River, on Saxton-Easton Road, Easton vicinity, Buchanan County, MO
CALL NUMBER:
HAER M0,11-EATO.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 12 (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):
Witham Construction Company
NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-61
Building/structure dates: 1925 initial construction
Significance: The main span of the Saxton Road Bridge is an example of a Parker truss (a Parker truss is a Pratt truss with a polygonal top chord). This type of bridge was used throughout the country from the mid-1800s to the early part of this century.
SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--Buchanan County--Easton 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.mo1155
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 SOUTH
4. SIDE VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTH
5. OBLIQUE VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
6. OBLIQUE VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
7. OBLIQUE VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
8. VIEW OF BEARING AND ROCKER AT SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MAIN SPAN
9. VIEW SHOWING EAST BENT OF MAIN SPAN
10. VIEW SHOWING UNDERSIDE OF MAIN SPAN, LOOKING WEST
11. VIEW SHOWING UPPER BRACING, LOOKING EAST
12. VIEW SHOWING VERTICAL MEMBER, DIAGONAL MEMBERS AND HANDRAIL
CONTROL #:
MO1155
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