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11 b&w photos
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2 data pages
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3 photo caption pages
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4 color transparencies


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TITLE:
Coram Bridge, Spanning Flathead River, Coram vicinity, Flathead County, MT

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MONT,15-COR.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 11   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 3
Color Transparencies: 4

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Burlington Northern Railroad
Great Northern Railroad
Northern Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad
Murphy, Kevin, transmitter
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Quivic, Fredric L., historian
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MT-20

Building/structure dates: 1900 initial construction

Significance: This two-span, pin-connected, Baltimore dock truss bridge across the Flat River is approached from either direction by plate girder spans between trestles. The two Baltimore spans are 230' in length. Vertical members extend upward from the mid-points of the inclined end-posts and the piers to support floor beams above. The bridge was built by the Great Northern RR along its transcontinental route...

SUBJECTS:
MONTANA--Flathead County--Coram vicinity
civil engineering
railroad bridges
railroad companies

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.mt0083

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. VIEW LOOKING NORTH, GENERAL ELEVATION
2. VIEW LOOKING NORTH, ELEVATION OF WEST SPAN AND CENTRAL PIER
3. VIEW LOOKING NORTH, 3/4 ELEVATION WEST SPAN
4. VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST, 3/4 ELEVATION
5. VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST, 3/4 ELEVATION
6. VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST, BOTTOM CHORD AND UNDERSIDE OF DECK
7. VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST, TRESTLE AT WEST BANK
8. VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST, DETAIL OF TRESTLE AND TRUSS BRIDGE SEAT
9. VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST, DETAIL OF TRUSS SEAT AT PIERS
10. TRESTLE SUPPORT BRACING
11. DETAIL OF TURNBUCKLE AND EYEBARS
VIEW LOOKING NORTH, GENERAL ELEVATION
VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST, TRESTLE AT WEST BANK
DETAIL OF TURNBUCKLE AND EYEBARS
VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST, TRESTLE AT WEST BANK

CONTROL #:
MT0083

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