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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
 7 b&w photos |  25 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Sprague Bridge, Over Yellow River between Armenia & Necedah, Armenia & Necedah, Juneau County, WI
CALL NUMBER:
HAER WIS,29-ARM,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 7 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 24 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Gifford, Willis
Elkhart Bridge & Iron Company
NOTE:
Survey number HAER WI-57
Building/structure dates: 1913 initial construction
Significance: The Sprague bridge is one of the state's finest remaining, unaltered, examples of a Pratt half-hip pony truss. The two span structure is one of the earliest bridges constructed under the auspices of the State Highway Commission. The bridge fabricator, The Elkhart Bridge and Iron Company of Indiana and the local contractor, Willis E. Gifford were prolific independent bridge builders in Wisconsin.
SUBJECTS:
WISCONSIN--Juneau County--Armenia & Necedah
OTHER TITLE:
Ninth Street 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.wi0227
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. ROADWAY VIEW LOOKING EAST
2. DISTANT BRIDGE ELEVATION LOOKING SOUTH
3. SINGLE SPAN ELEVATION LOOKING NORTH
4. DETAIL SHOWING DOUBLE TIED ANGLE IRON AND LOOPED EYEBAR BOTTOM CHORD CONNECTION
5. DECK UNDERSIDE VIEW SHOWING CENTRAL PIER AND STEEL TUBE ABUTMENTS. LOOKING EAST
6. PINNED TOP CHORD/ENDPOST CONNECTION
7. BOTTOM CHORD AND LATTICE BRACED VERTICAL PINNED CONNECTION
CONTROL #:
WI0227
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