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TITLE:
Caton Ford Bridge, Spanning Marmaton River at County Road 301, Nevada vicinity, Vernon County, MO

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO,109-NEV.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 22   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 11 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-76

Building/structure dates: 1894 initial construction

Significance: Built almost on hundred years ago by one of the Midwest's most prolific bridge erectors, the Caton Ford Bridge features a pin-connected Pratt truss superstructure. From the 1870s through the 1910s, thousands of pinned Pratt trusses were erected on Missouri's roadways. Although several hundred of these structures remain in use today, relatively few date from before the turn of the century. And fewer yet of the 19th century survivors remain structurally intact. The Caton Ford Bridge stands out among Missouri's pin-connected trusses as an early, well-documented and well-preserved example of what was once a mainstay structural type.

SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--Vernon County--Nevada 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.mo1258

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. OVERALL VIEW OF BRIDGE AND MARMATON RIVER. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
2. OVERALL VIEW OF BRIDGE AND COUNTY ROAD 301. VIEW TO SOUTHEAST.
3. OVERALL VIEW OF BRIDGE AND COUNTY ROAD 301. VIEW TO NORTHWEST.
4. NORTHEAST WEB OF BRIDGE. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST
5. SOUTHWEST WEB OF BRIDGE. VIEW TO EAST.
6. SOUTHWEST WEB OF BRIDGE. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
7. SOUTHEAST PORTAL OF BRIDGE, WITH PONY TRUSS APPROACH SPAN IN FOREGROUND. VIEW TO NORTHWEST.
8. NORTHWEST PORTAL OF BRIDGE, VIEW TO SOUTHEAST.
9. SOUTHEAST PORTAL OF THROUGH TRUSS. VIEW TO NORTHWEST.
10. NORTHWEST PORTAL OF THROUGH TRUSS. VIEW TO NORTHWEST.
11. SOUTHWEST WEB AND SOUTHEAST PORTAL OF THROUGH TRUSS. VIEW TO NORTH.
12. DETAIL OF SOUTHEAST CYLINDER PIERS. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
13. DETAIL OF CAP OF SOUTHEAST CYLINDER PIERS, SHOWING BEARING SHOES OF THROUGH AND PONY TRUSSES. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
14. DETAIL OF CAP OF SOUTHEAST CYLINDER PIERS, LOOKING DOWN ON BEARING SHOES OF THROUGH AND PONY TRUSS. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
15. DETAIL OF NORTHWEST CYLINDER PIERS. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
16. DETAIL OF NORTHWEST APPROACH SPANS. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
17. DETAIL OF UNDERSIDE OF NORTHWEST APPROACH SPANS. VIEW TO NORTHWEST.
18. DETAIL OF UNDERSIDE OF THROUGH TRUSS. VIEW TO SOUTHEAST.
19. DETAIL OF UPPER CHORD/ENDPOST CONNECTION OF THROUGH TRUSS, SHOWING VERTICAL, DIAGONAL AND PORTAL BRACING. VIEW TO WEST.
20. DETAIL OF UPPER CHORD/VERTICAL CONNECTION OF THROUGH TRUSS, SHOWING DIAGONAL, STRUT AND LATERAL BRACING. VIEW TO WEST.
21. DETAIL OF TYPICAL LOWER CHORD CONNECTION OF THROUGH TRUSS. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
22. DETAIL OF UPPER CHORD/ENDPOST CONNECTION OF PONY TRUSS, SHOWING VERTICAL AND DIAGONALS. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.

CONTROL #:
MO1258

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