Tongue River Bridge, Spanning Tongue River, Miles City, Custer County, MT

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23 b&w photos
20 data pages
3 photo caption pages
1 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Tongue River Bridge, Spanning Tongue River, Miles City, Custer County, MT

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MONT,9-MILCI,2-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 23 (4 x 5 and 4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 19 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 3
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MT-16

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N944).

Building/structure dates: 1879 initial construction

Significance: The bridge was erected in 1897 by W.S. Hewett & Co. of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The bridge is the oldest existing steel highway bridge in eastern Montana and its main span is similar to the main spans of the Yellowstone River Bridge at Fort Keogh...

SUBJECTS:
MONTANA--Custer County--Miles City
civil engineering
bridge construction
steel truss bridges

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.mt0079

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW LOOKING SOUTHEAST, GENERAL ELEVATION
2. VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST, 3/4 ELEVATION
3. VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST, SOUTH PORTAL AND APPROACH RAMP
4. VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST, 'BARREL SHOT' SHOWING BRIDGE DECK
5. DETAIL OF MANUFACTURER'S DATE PLAQUE AND PORTAL BRACING
6. VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST, 3/4 'BARREL SHOT' SHOWING PORTAL BRACING
7. VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST, 'BARREL SHOT' SHOWING BRIDGE DECK
8. VIEW LOOKING SOUTHEAST, UNDERSIDE OF DECK SHOWING LOWER CHORD AND LATERAL BRACING
9. DETAIL VIEW OF PIN CONNECTION AT SUBDIVIDED PANEL POINT WITH COUNTER
10. DETAIL VIEW OF PIN CONNECTION AT SUBDIVIDED PANEL POINT
11. VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST, GENERAL ELEVATION
VIEW LOOKING WEST ON DECK

CONTROL #:
MT0079

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