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TITLE:
Old Detroit Street Bridge, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

CALL NUMBER:
HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,24-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Data Page(s): 5 plus cover page

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER OH-8

Building/structure dates: 1898 initial construction

Significance: The twin skewed arch masonry highway bridge is Cleveland's oldest extant bridge. It was built by the Cleveland & Mahoning Valley Railroad Company to carry Detroit Street over its twin tracks. The railroad, completed in 1856, connected Cleveland with the rich coal fields of Ohio's Mahoning Valley, thereby contributing to the demise of the Ohio & Erie Canal.

SUBJECTS:
OHIO--Cuyahoga County--Cleveland

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.oh0122

CONTROL #:
OH0122

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