Menominee River Bridge, Spanning Menominee River at County Truck Higway "K, Amberg vicinity, Marinette County, WI

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16 b&w photos
13 data pages
2 photo caption pages

TITLE:
Menominee River Bridge, Spanning Menominee River at County Truck Higway "K, Amberg vicinity, Marinette County, WI

CALL NUMBER:
HAER WIS,38-AMB.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 16 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 12 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER WI-80

Building/structure dates: 1927

Part of building/structure is in Holmes, Menominee County, MI.

Significance: The Menominee River Bridge is a contributing resource to the Clark Hill Hydroelectric Historic District, which has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The six-span concrete deck girder structure was built using Wisconsin Highway Commission standard plans; the bridge railing was designed to match the architectural style of the nearby power plant.

SUBJECTS:
WISCONSIN--Marinette County--Amberg vicinity

OTHER TITLE:
Chalk Hill 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.wi0353

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. DISTANT VIEW OF NORTH SIDE, VIEW SOUTH
2. VIEW OF SOUTH SIDE
3. VIEW FROM EAST SIDE BANK OF RIVER
4. VIEW FROM WEST SIDE BANK OF RIVER WITH CHALK HILL HYDROELECTRIC PLANT IN BACKGROUND
5. DETAIL OF DECK, VIEW EAST
6. GENERAL VIEW NORTHWEST
7. VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM ATOP CHALK HILL DAM, LOOKING SOUTH DOWNSTREAM
8. DETAIL OF EAST ABUTMENT, VIEW NORTHEAST
9. DETAIL OF WEST ABUTMENT, VIEW NORTH
10. DETAIL OF PIER, SHOWING REPETITION OF PIERS, VIEW EAST
11. DETAIL OF PIER, SHOWING SINGLE PIER, VIEW NORTHEAST
12. DETAIL OF SINGLE SPAN ON WEST END, VIEW NORTH
13. DETAIL OF RAIL SHOWING SIMILARITY OF DESIGN BETWEEN THE GOTHIC OPENINGS IN THE RAIL AND THE WINDOWS OF THE POWERHOUSE, VIEW NORTH
14. DETAIL OF FOUNDATION FOUND ON EASTERN SHORE OF BRIDGE, VIEW NORTH
15. DETAIL OF LANTERN ON DAM STRUCTURE WHICH IS IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL LIGHT FIXTURES ON THE BRIDGE WHICH ARE NO LONGER EXTANT, VIEW NORTHEAST
16. PHOTOCOPY OF HISTORIC PHOTO SHOWING THE BRIDGE AND ORIGINAL LIGHTING FIXTURES, VIEW EAST

CONTROL #:
WI0353

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