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TITLE:
Walnut Street Bridge, Spanning Tennessee River at Market Street, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN

CALL NUMBER:
HAER TENN,33-CHAT,14-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Data Page(s): 38 plus cover page

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Thacher , Edwin
Fairleigh , J. A.
Betts
Smith Bridge Company
Whinery, Maj. S.
Gahagan, A. J.

NOTE:
Survey number HAER TN-11

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-4).

Building/structure dates: 1891 initial construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: NR

Significance: The bridge was apparently the first non-military highway bridge across the Tennessee River. Designed by the renowned engineer, Edwin Thatcher, it played a major role in the economic development of southeastern Tennessee. Comprised of six camelback through trusses and an iron viaduct, the bridge comprised a major feat of structural engineering.

SUBJECTS:
TENNESSEE--Hamilton County--Chattanooga
commerce
fires
civil engineering

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.tn0195

CONTROL #:
TN0195

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