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3 drawings
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3 b&w photos
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1 data pages
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1 photo caption pages


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TITLE:
Dingmans Ferry Bridge, U.S. Route 209 & State Route 739 vicinity, Dingmans Ferry, Pike County, PA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER PA,52-DING,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 3  (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 3   (4 x 5 in.)
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Phoenix Bridge Company
Perkins Brothers
Eisenman, George A., photographer
Rosenblum, Martin J., delineator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER PA-15

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-16).

Building/structure dates: 1900 initial construction

Significance: The truss bridge, erected circa 1900, was constructed with steel columns made by the Phoenix Bridge Company. The three spans were part of a larger bridge, and were salvaged and reconstructed by the Perkins Brothers of Horseheads, New York. The third bridge to stand on this site, it was chartered by the Pennsylvania and New Jersey State Legislatures as early as 1830.

SUBJECTS:
PENNSYLVANIA--Pike County--Dingmans Ferry
vehicular bridges

OTHER TITLE:
Delaware River Bridge

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.pa1137

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. VIEW FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA SIDE
2. VIEW LOOKING EASTWARD FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA SIDE
3. VIEW LOOKING NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA SIDE

CONTROL #:
PA1137

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