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2 drawings
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8 b&w photos
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11 data pages
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1 photo caption pages


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TITLE:
West Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek at West Sixth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

CALL NUMBER:
HAER TX,227-AUST,24-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 2  (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 8   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 10 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Elliott, Joseph E., Photographer

NOTE:
Survey number HAER TX-51

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N565).

Building/structure dates: 1887 initial construction

Significance: This bridge, one of the state's oldest masonry arches, is located at the site of the first bridge in Austin and continues to serve one of the city's principal east-west arteries.

SUBJECTS:
TEXAS--Travis County--Austin

OTHER TITLE:
West Pecan Street 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.tx0778

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
ELEVATION FROM S.
3/4 VIEW FROM SW.
3/4 VIEW FROM SW.
ELEVATION OF CENTER ARCH, FROM S.
DETAIL OF STONE WORK, FROM SE.
ELEVATION FROM N.
INTERIOR OF CENTER ARCH, LOOKING S.
STONE WORK ON UNDERSIDE OF CENTER ARCH, LOOKING NW.

CONTROL #:
TX0778

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