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13 b&w photos
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15 data pages
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2 photo caption pages


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TITLE:
Tenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MONT,7-GREFA,2-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 13   (4 x 5 in. and 8 x 10 in.)
Data Page(s): 14 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Adams, Ralph
Shanley , George H.
Porter Brothers
Montana Power Company
Toltz Engineering Company
Great Falls Street Railway Company
Murphy, Kevin, transmitter
Reyes, Louisa, transmitter
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Johnson, Lon, photographer
Quivik, Fredric L., historian
Rossillon, Mitzi, historian

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MT-8

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-16).

Building/structure dates: 1919 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1975 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1995 demolished

Significance: The bridge crossing the Missouri River consists of eight concrete open spandrel arches. The structure was designed by Ralph Adams of Spokane, Washington and George H. Shanley of Great Falls and was constructed in 1920 by Porter Brothers of Spokane. Originally built to carry both highway and trolley traffic, the steel trolley pole and wire have since been removed...

SUBJECTS:
MONTANA--Cascade County--Great Falls
agriculture
civil engineering
power industry

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.mt0074

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. VIEW LOOKING WEST, GENERAL ELEVATION
2. VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST, 3/4 ELEVATION
3. VIEW LOOKING NORTH, DETAIL OF ARCHES AND UNDERSIDE OF BRIDGE DECK
4. VIEW LOOKING NORTHWEST, SHOWING ARCHES AND DECK BALUSTRADE
5. DETAIL VIEW OF SINGLE SPAN, LOOKING EAST
6. DETAIL VIEW OF PIER, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
7. DETAIL VIEW OF RIB ARCHES, SPANDREL, AND FLOOR, LOOKING NORTH
8. DETAIL VIEW OF RIB AT ABUTMENT, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
9. DETAIL VIEW OF GUARDRAIL, LOOKING NORTHWEST
10. DETAIL VIEW OF GUARDRAIL, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
11. Sheet 1
12. Sheet 2
13. Sheet 3

CONTROL #:
MT0074

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