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8 b&w photos
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13 data pages
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2 photo caption pages


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TITLE:
Knight Bridge, Township Route 413 over Catawissa Creek, Mainville vicinity, Columbia County, PA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER PA,19-MAVI.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 8   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 12 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
King Bridge Company
Brown, L. C.
Tubbs, N. A.
Columbia County Commissioners
Skelly & Loy, Incorporated, contractor
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor
Scherkoske, Deborah A., historian
Nall, James, photographer

NOTE:
Survey number HAER PA-429

Building/structure dates: 1893 initial construction

Significance: The bridge was constructed in 1893 to carry traffic over Catawissa Creek. Built by the nationally significant King Iron and Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio, the Columbia County Bridge No. 44 is a good intact example of the Pratt through truss bridge type built in the late 19th century.

SUBJECTS:
PENNSYLVANIA--Columbia County--Mainville vicinity
transportation
bridge construction
steel truss bridges

OTHER TITLE:
Columbia County Bridge No. 44

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.pa3530

CONTROL #:
PA3530

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