White River Bridge, Spanning Honey Creek on Bieneman Road, Burlington, Racine County, WI

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7 b&w photos
8 data pages
1 photo caption pages

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TITLE:
White River Bridge, Spanning Honey Creek on Bieneman Road, Burlington, Racine County, WI

CALL NUMBER:
HAER WIS,51-BURL,4-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 3 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 7 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 7 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER WI-16

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-3).

Building/structure dates: 1877 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1922

Significance: The White River Bridge, a nineteenth-century Pratt through truss, is the oldest known remaining truss bridge in the State of Wisconsin. It was designed and built by Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a company which became a leading bridge building firm in the central states region by the twentieth century. The bridge is a good example of the work of the company in its formative years.

SUBJECTS:
WISCONSIN--Racine County--Burlington

OTHER TITLE:
Bienemann 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.wi0182

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. LONG VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST
2. ELEVATION, SOUTH END, LOOKING NORTH
3. OBLIQUE VIEW, SOUTH END
4. DETAIL VIEW, SHOWING CHORD/FLOOR BEAM CONNECTION, EAST SIDE
5. VIEW FROM DECK, LOOKING SOUTH
6. DETAIL VIEW OF EAST TRUSS, SHOWING VERTICAL MEMBERS MEETING DECK
7. DETAIL VIEW OF UNDERSIDE OF DECK, LOOKING NORTH

CONTROL #:
WI0182

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