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TITLE:
Waters Bluff Bridge, Spanning Sabine River at County Route 353, Winona vicinity, Smith County, TX

CALL NUMBER:
HAER TX,212-WINO.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

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

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER TX-65

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N551).

Building/structure dates: 1911 initial construction

Part of building/structure is in Winona vicinity, Upshur County, TX.

Significance: The Waters Bluff Bridge is a rare survivor of the once-ubiquitous pin-connected camelback through truss. It is also a rare example of an early bridge by an important Texas company.

SUBJECTS:
TEXAS--Smith County--Winona vicinity

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.tx0797

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
ELEVATION FROM W.
3/4 CLOSE-UP OF TRUSS, FROM SW.
3/4 VIEW FROM SW.
3/4 VIEW OF SUPPORTS AT S END, FROM SW.
BARREL VIEW FROM ABOVE AT S END.
BARREL VIEW FROM N.
BARREL VIEW FROM W AT S END OF SPAN.
DETAIL OF UPPER CHORD CONNECTIONS.
CONNECTION NEAR S END.
BEARING PLATE AT SW CORNER.

CONTROL #:
TX0797

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