Waterville Bridge, Spanning Swatara Creek at Appalachian Trail (moved, Green Point vicinity, Lebanon County, PA

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12 b&w photos
10 data pages
2 photo caption pages
2 color transparencies

TITLE:
Waterville Bridge, Spanning Swatara Creek at Appalachian Trail (moved, Green Point vicinity, Lebanon County, PA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER PA,38-GREPO.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 12 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 9 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
Color Transparencies: 2

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER PA-462

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N440).

Building/structure dates: 1889 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1985 subsequent work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88002171

Part of building/structure is in Waterville, Lycoming County, PA.

Significance: It is an example of a lenticular truss, so named because of the lens-like shape of its curved upper and lower chords. It is representative of the Berlin Iron Bridge Company's trademark bridge type, based on the patent of William O. Douglas. This bridge also exhibits a Warren pattern of web bracing and a highly decorated portal. The process of moving the bridge in 1985 is a notable example of how historically significant bridges can be preserved and adapted to new uses.

SUBJECTS:
PENNSYLVANIA--Lebanon County--Green Point vicinity
moving of structures
pedestrian bridges
transportation

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.pa3581

CONTROL #:
PA3581

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