Duck Creek Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River on Route 329, Southwest, Billings vicinity, Yellowstone County, MT

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14 b&w photos
11 data pages
2 photo caption pages

TITLE:
Duck Creek Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River on Route 329, Southwest, Billings vicinity, Yellowstone County, MT

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MONT,56-BILL.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

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

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MT-60

Building/structure dates: 1915 initial construction

Significance: The bridge is significant for its associations with the homestead boom in Montana. The bridge is an important representative example in Montana of the riveted Warren through truss. The bridge is also significant for its association with the Security Bridge Company, Billings, Montana, the most prolific of Montana's early 20th century bridge-building companies.

SUBJECTS:
MONTANA--Yellowstone County--Billings vicinity
steel truss bridges
vehicular 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.mt0224

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. PROFILE, FACING SOUTHWEST
2. 3/4 VIEW, FACING SOUTH
3. SOUTHEAST PORTAL, FACING NORTHWEST
4. NORTHWEST PORTAL, FACING NORTHWEST
5. VIEW BETWEEN TRUSSES, FACING SOUTHEAST
6. DETAIL OF PANELS, FACING SOUTH
7. DETAIL OF RIVETED CONNECTION AT UPPER CHORD, FACING SOUTH
8. DETAIL OF FLOOR SYSTEM AT PIER, FACING SOUTHEAST
9. Photographic copy of microfilm of original construction drawing, dated February 1915, in the possession of the Yellowstone County Surveyor, Yellowstone County Courthouse, Billings, Montana.
10. Photographic copy of microfilm of construction drawing, dated February 1915, in the possession of the Yellowstone County Surveyor, Yellowstone County Courthouse, Billings, Montana.
11. Photographic copy of microfilm of construction drawing, dated February 1915, in the possession of the Yellowstone County Surveyor, Yellowstone County Courthouse, Billings, Montana.
12. Photographic copy of microfilm of original shop drawing by the Central States Bridge Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, dated May 25, 1915, in the possession of the Yellowstone County Surveyor, Yellowstone County Courthouse, Billings, Montana.
13. Photographic copy of microfilm of original shop drawing by the Central States Bridge Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, dated May 25, 1915, in the possession of the Yellowstone County Surveyor, Yellowstone County Courthouse, Billings, Montana. SWAY BRACING
14. Photographic copy of microfilm of original shop drawing by the Central States Bridge Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, dated May 25, 1915, in the possession of the Yellowstone County Surveyor, Yellowstone County Courthouse, Billings, Montana. FLOOR SYSTEM

CONTROL #:
MT0224

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