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File:A 'barrel shot' looking down the track and through the 114'- 8-1-2' south thru truss approach span, showing pole line supported across top of steal superstructure. The 364' - HAER ALA,36-BRIPO.V,1-18.tif

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Beasley, C. N.

Related names:

Louisville Bridge and Iron Company
Nashville,Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Howard, Needles, Tammer, and Bergendoff
Nashville Bridge Company
Clement, Dan, transmitter
Hale, Conrad W, historian
Title
A 'barrel shot' looking down the track and through the 114'- 8-1-2' south thru truss approach span, showing pole line supported across top of steal superstructure. The 364' - 0-1-4' swing span over river has been used by various Railroads for a period of 90 years. - Bridgeport Swing Span Bridge, Spanning Tennessee River, Bridgeport, Jackson County, AL
Depicted place Alabama; Jackson County; Bridgeport
Date 1980
date QS:P571,+1980-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium 4 x 5 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 ALA,36-BRIPO.V,1-18
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  • Significance: The Bridgeport Swing Span Railroad Bridge embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period and method of construction. Its method of construction (pin-connected) is rare for a swing bridge.
  • Survey number: HAER AL-8
  • Building/structure dates: 1890- 1892 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1944- 1945 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1971 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1972- 1974 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: after 1980 Demolished
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/al0340.photos.002816p
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Object location34° 56′ 51″ N, 85° 42′ 51.98″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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