John Bright No. 1 Iron Bridge, Spanning Poplar Creek at Havenport Road (TR 263), Carroll vicinity, Fairfield County, OH

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5 drawings
5 b&w photos
16 data pages
1 photo caption pages

TITLE:
John Bright No. 1 Iron Bridge, Spanning Poplar Creek at Havenport Road (TR 263), Carroll vicinity, Fairfield County, OH

CALL NUMBER:
HAER OHIO,23-CAR.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 5 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 5 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 15 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER OH-44

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-12).

Building/structure dates: 1885 initial construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78002060

Significance: The John Bright No. 1 Iron Bridge was built by the Hocking Valley Bridge Works (HVBW) of Lancaster, Ohio, probably in 1884-5. It is one of a relatively small number of surviving bridges to have been built by this local firm. The suspension truss design is very unusual, and is only known to have been used in a few bridges in Ohio by three bridge builders. There are some similarities in this bridge to several patented designs, but it most closely resembles Archibald McGuffie's 1861 patent for "Improvement in Construction of Bridges." The bridge is very similar in design to the nearby John Bright No. 2 Covered Bridge (see HAER No. OH-45). The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

SUBJECTS:
OHIO--Fairfield County--Carroll vicinity

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.oh1475

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF NORTH PORTAL
2. VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM SOUTH APPROACH ROAD
3. SIDE VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM STREAMBED, SHOWING WEST ELEVATION
4. VIEW UNDERNEATH BRIDGE, SHOWING STONE ABUTMENT AND THE DECK BEAMS, STRINGERS AND DIAGONAL BRACING OF DECK SUPPORT SYSTEM
5. DETAIL VIEW OF LOWER CHORD CONNECTION FROM UNDERNEATH BRIDGE, SHOWING DECK BEAM AND STIRRUP

CONTROL #:
OH1475

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