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 5 b&w photos |  2 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
North Carolina Route 1116 Bridge, Spanning Jacob Fork River, Longview vicinity, Catawba County, NC
CALL NUMBER:
HAER NC,18-LONV.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 5 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Owego Bridge Company
Fore, George, field team
Yearby, Jean P., transmitter
Hawke, Paul, historian
Lanier, Nick, photographer
NOTE:
Survey number HAER NC-34
Building/structure dates: 1800 initial construction
Significance: This Pratt Half-Hip bridge is 56 feet long. The joints are all pin-connected and contain another unusual feature, bolted caps on the pins. Instead of the more common substructure of masonry piers, the bridge is supported by cylindrical steel columns.
SUBJECTS:
NORTH CAROLINA--Catawba County--Longview vicinity
bridge construction
vehicular bridges
OTHER TITLE:
Bridge No. 58
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.nc0407
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM SOUTH
2. OBLIQUE OVERALL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING FROM WEST TO EAST
3. VIEW OF WESTERN PORTAL
4. VIEW OF WESTERN PORTAL
5. DETAIL VIEW OF TRUSS
CONTROL #:
NC0407
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