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TITLE:
Eau Claire River Bridge, Spanning Eau Claire River, on U.S. Highway 51B, Schofield, Marathon County, WI

CALL NUMBER:
HAER WIS,37-SCHOF,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 3   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 2 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Wausau Iron Works

NOTE:
Survey number HAER WI-46

Building/structure dates: 1931 initial construction

Significance: The Eau Claire River Bridge is Wisconsin's only known example of a pony truss in a Parker configuration. It is characteristic of State Highway Commission truss design, i.e., heavy, rolled-section members with riveted connections, from the period of 1926 to 1931.

SUBJECTS:
WISCONSIN--Marathon County--Schofield

OTHER TITLE:
Schofield 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.wi0212

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. GENERAL VIEW OF DECK, LOOKING NORTH
2. VIEW OF WEST SIDE, SHOWING NORTH AND SOUTH TRUSS, LOOKING EAST
3. VIEW OF SOUTHWEST TRUSS, LOOKING EAST

CONTROL #:
WI0212

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