File:3-4 VIEW OF BRIDGE - Governor's Bridge, Governor's Bridge Road spanning Patuxent River, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD HAER MD,17-BOWI,3-1.tif

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3-4 VIEW OF BRIDGE - Governor's Bridge, Governor's Bridge Road spanning Patuxent River, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD
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3-4 VIEW OF BRIDGE - Governor's Bridge, Governor's Bridge Road spanning Patuxent River, Bowie, Prince George's County, MD
Description
Lavoie, C, transmitter
Depicted place Maryland; Prince George's County; Bowie
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER MD,17-BOWI,3-1
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Governor's Bridge is one of only two surviving truss bridges in the county. It also marks the site of a river crossing since colonial times. The name Governor's Bridge is derived from the use of this crossing by two eighteenth century Maryland governors who lived at nearby "Belair."
  • Survey number: HAER MD-85
  • Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/md1317.photos.043563p
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Object location39° 00′ 24.01″ N, 76° 46′ 45.98″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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