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TITLE:
Turtleville Iron Bridge, Spanning Turtle Creek, on Lathers Road, Beloit vicinity, Rock County, WI
CALL NUMBER:
HAER WIS,53-BELO.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 8 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 4 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company
Town of Turtle
Beloit Foundry Company
Weinhagen Brothers
NOTE:
Survey number HAER WI-4
Building/structure dates: 1887 initial construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: NR
Significance: The Turtleville Iron Bridge carries Lather Road 140 feet, from abutment face to abutment face, across Turtle Creek. It was built in 1887 by the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company, and is a Pratt through-truss with pin connections and bottom chord eye-bars. The wooden flooring, covered with an asphalt road bed, is supported by riveted stringers and floor beams. Triangular nameplates are affixed atop each portal. Metallographic examination of three specimens from a post, a counter rod, and a hip vertical, conducted by the Beloit Foundry Company, revealed a typical microstructure of true wrought iron and iron silicate slag. In 1981 the bridge was in fair condition, covered with a layer of oxidation. It has since been scheduled for demolition. The Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company was founded in 1870 under the name 'Weinhagen Brothers, Engineers.' Its name was changed in 1880.
SUBJECTS:
WISCONSIN--Rock County--Beloit vicinity
civil engineering
bridge construction
iron truss bridges
OTHER TITLE:
Lathers Road 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.wi0133
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW, LOOKING NORTHEAST, SHOWING WEST SIDE OF BRIDGE
2. VIEW, LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING SOUTH PORTAL
3. VIEW, LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING SOUTH PORTAL
4. VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHEAST, SHOWING BOTTOM CHORD INTERSECTION, OBSERVED HEAD ON
5. DETAIL VIEW, LOOKING WEST, OF STONE ABUTMENT ON NORTH SIDE OF TURTLE LAKE
6. VIEW OF ELEVATION, NORTH END, SHOWING BRIDGEPLATE, LOOKING SOUTH
7. OBLIQUE VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
8. VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM WATER LEVEL, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
CONTROL #:
WI0133
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