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TITLE:
Cuttingsville Bridge, Spanning Mill River at State Route 103, Shrewsbury, Rutland County, VT

CALL NUMBER:
HAER VT,11-SHREW,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 11   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 9 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
American Bridge Company
Church, Alison B., historian
Church, Alison B., Historian
Allard, Paul, Photographer

NOTE:
Survey number HAER VT-18

Building/structure dates: 1928 initial construction

Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of the bridges built following the flood of 1927, in which over 1250 of Vermont's bridges were destroyed. The flood was a major episode in Vermont's 20th-century history. The resulting engineering effort included the extensive use of standardized design and economical construction by which the State was able to rebuild a large number of bridges very quickly. The American Bridge Company which dominated the Vermont bridge market prior to the flood, retained its dominance by being the more productive of the two major providers of flood-era bridges. This bridge is eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

SUBJECTS:
VERMONT--Rutland County--Shrewsbury
transportation
bridge construction
steel truss bridges

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.vt0111

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. View north, south truss elevation
2. View south, north truss elevation
3. View east, from road across bridge
4. View west, from road across bridge
5. View east, north truss with handrail and sidewalk
6. View north, corner detail at northwest corner of bridge
7. View southwest, one panel of south truss, from road
8. View southeast, detail manufacturers plaque
9. View northeast, connection detail from river bank
10. View east, east abutment and underside of bridge
11. View north abutment bridge seat connection details at southwest corner of bridge

CONTROL #:
VT0111

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