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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
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TITLE:
Chester Bridge, Spanning Rock River on Old Marsh Road, Chester Township, Dodge County, WI
CALL NUMBER:
HAER WIS,14-CHES,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 7 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 4 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company
NOTE:
Survey number HAER WI-59
Building/structure dates: 1893 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1950
Building/structure dates: 1989
Significance: Chester Bridge is considered important in Wisconsin history because it is a type of bridge that is rapidly disappearing in the State, it is a link in the development of truss bridge construction, and it is an early example of a bridge built by the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company.
SUBJECTS:
WISCONSIN--Dodge County--Chester Township
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.wi0236
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. FULL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
2. FULL VIEW OF BRIDGE, SHOWING INCLINED END POST (HATTER POST), PORTAL BRACING, AND PORTAL STRUT AT EAST PORTAL, LOOKING WEST
3. VIEW OF TOP CHORD, STRUT, PANEL VERTICAL, DIAGONALS, AND TOP LATERAL BRACING, LOOKING WEST
4. VIEW OF FLOOR BEAM, BOTTOM LATERAL BRACING, LOWER CHORD, AND DECK AT SOUTH TRUSS
5. DETAIL VIEW OF FLOOR BEAM, BOTTOM LATERAL BRACING, LOWER CHORD, AND DECK AT SOUTH TRUSS
6. DETAIL VIEW OF INCLINED END POST, LOWER CHORD, EXPANSION BEARING, AND EAST ABUTMENT AT NORTH TRUSS
7. DETAIL VIEW OF INCLINED END POST, TOP CHORD, HIP VERTICAL, PORTAL STRUT, PORTAL BRACING, AND DIAGONAL AT WEST END, NORTH TRUSS
CONTROL #:
WI0236
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