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6 b&w photos
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15 data pages
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TITLE:
Spring Street Bridge, Spanning Duncan Creek, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, WI

CALL NUMBER:
HAER WIS,9-CHIFA,2-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 6   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 14 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Marsh, James Barney

NOTE:
Survey number HAER WI-37

Building/structure dates: 1916 initial construction

Significance: The Spring Street Bridge is Wisconsin's only remaining example of the patented Marsh Rainbow Arch bridge design. James Barney Marsh, a native of North Lake, Wisconsin, developed designs for the concrete and steel structure and patented his innovations in 1912. The bridge remains completely intact, including the original ornamental lamp standards and globes.

SUBJECTS:
WISCONSIN--Chippewa County--Chippewa Falls

OTHER TITLE:
Marsh Rainbow Arch 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.wi0203

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. VIEW OF ELEVATION, LOOKING WEST
2. OBLIQUE VIEW OF NORTH TRUSS
3. VIEW OF NORTH TRUSS, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
4. VIEW OF NORTHWEST CORNER WITH LIGHT STANDARD, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
5. DETAIL VIEW OF SOUTH TRUSS, WEST ABUTMENT, LOOKING NORTHEAST
6. VIEW OF NORTH TRUSS, WITH BRIDGE PLATE

CONTROL #:
WI0203

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