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TITLE:
Kennan-Jump River Bridge, Spanning South fork of Jump River on County Highwa, Kennan, Price County, WI

CALL NUMBER:
HAER WIS,50-KEN,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 14   (4 x 5 in.)
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER WI-55

Building/structure dates: 1927 initial construction

Significance: The Kennan-Jump River Bridge is an example of a standard Wisconsin Highway Commission camelback design used during the 1920s. The history of the Kennan-Jump River Road and Bridge illustrates how Wisconsin's road system developed. The bridge is one of only two remaining camelback trusses in Wisconsin.

SUBJECTS:
WISCONSIN--Price County--Kennan

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.wi0225

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. GENERAL VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
2. GENERAL VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHWEST, SHOWING BRIDGE AND SETTING
3. 3/4 VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
4. 3/4 VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
5. BARREL VIEW, CLOSE-UP, LOOKING NORTH
6. BARREL VIEW, CLOSE-UP, LOOKING SOUTH
7. BARREL VIEW, GENERAL SETTING, LOOKING SOUTH
8. BARREL VIEW, GENERAL SETTING, LOOKING NORTH
9. DETAIL OF RIVETED CONNECTION BETWEEN HIP VERTICAL AND BOTTOM CHORD
10. DETAIL OF EXPANSION BEARING AT NORTHWEST CORNER OF BRIDGE
11. DETAIL VIEW, SHOWING VERTICAL, TOP CHORD, DIAGONAL, AND INTERMEDIATE BRACING
12. DETAIL VIEW OF NORTHEAST CORNER, SHOWING HIP VERTICAL, INCLINED END POST, AND UPPER CHORD
13. DETAIL VIEW, LOOKING NORTHEAST, SHOWING UNDERSIDE OF DECK
14. DETAIL VIEW, LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING RAILING ON WEST SIDE

CONTROL #:
WI0225

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